Jeff Robinson

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Position: Assistant Coach | 3rd Season Alma Mater: Auburn (1982) | Memphis State (1983)

Jeff Robinson returns to the gym for his third season as an assistant coach with the Air Force men's gymnastics team. He brings over 30 years of experience in gymnastics to the Falcons' program, ranging from performance to hands-on teaching and coaching. In addition, he has served in a variety of capacities for the USA Gymnastics Men's Program for over 25 years.

Robinson has been named the USAG Assistant Coach of the Year during each of his first two seasons at Air Force, while helping the Falcons to two USAG National Championship titles. Since his arrival, five individual records have been set, as well as six team scores.

Since 1986, Robinson has worked with USA Gymnastics, including three years as the Junior Olympic Program Coordinator (2006-08). He also served two terms as chairman of the men's age group competition committee, worked on the Task Force for Elite Training Alternatives committee and has served as a guest clinician and presenter at numerous USAG Men's Coaching Workshops and at the USAG National and Regional Congress. Robinson was honored with the Frank Comiskey Service Award during the 2011 Junior Olympic Nationals meet, recognizing the work he has done with the Junior Program over the last 25 years. It is the highest honor awarded to an administrator of the USA Gymnastics junior program.

He is the co-founder and owner of Gymnastics University LLC, a gymnastics business consultancy firm that assists in areas ranging from facility development and construction to freelance teaching and coaching to business development and staff development.

Robinson spent many years working in the entertainment division at Walt Disney World Resort. He was a principal performer for multiple live-action shows, including Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular, Fantasmic and Lights, Motors, Action Extreme Stunt Show. He also spent five years as a stunt manager, where he recruited and trained new players, evaluated performances, wrote operational guidelines and safety procedures and inspected the facility.

He spent 10 years at Orlando Metro Gymnastics, a club that he co-founded in 1992. As the men's program director and head coach, Robinson helped develop 10 U.S. Junior and Senior National Team members. He also worked as the head coach for the Barbados International Men's Gymnastics Delegation and served as the personal coach for Francis `Shane' DeFreitas, who competed at the 1995 World Championships, the 1996 I.E.F. World Championships and the 1996 Olympic Games.

He has also served as the boy's program director and head coach at Brown's Gymnastics Central (1984-88) and as the general manager, program director and head coach at Gymnastics Plus (1983-84).

He has received numerous coaching awards, most recently as a member of the inaugural USA Gymnastics Region VIII Hall of Fame in 2010. A FIG Level III Brevet Coach, Robinson was named Coach of the Year by the Florida USA Gymnastics Men's Program (2003) and by the Seminole County School Board (1989).

Robinson is a 1982 magna cum laude graduate of Auburn University (education: physical education/biology). He went on to earn a master's degree in education (physical education/business) from Memphis State University in 1983.

He and his wife, Kristine, have a blended family with seven children - Jessica (22), Danielle (20), Megan (19), Mason (18), Christopher (7), Dallas (5) and Garrett (5).