A 1967 graduate of West Chester University, Robinson became the
all-time wins leader in Division III history by recording his 667th
victory on February 14, 2004 at home versus Muhlenberg College.
Robinson is 10th among all active NCAA coaches in victories and
has already surpassed legendary UCLA coach John Wooden (664-112)
for 24th on the all-time NCAA wins list. Historically, Robinson
guided the Diplomats to the Division III Final Four in 1979, 1991,
1996 and 2000 and was named the Basketball Times Division III
"Coach of the Year" in 1991. He has earned conference and NABC
"Coach of the Year" honors 12 times, including the 2004 award for
guiding the Diplomats to a 26-4 record, the Centennial Conference
title and an NCAA Elite Eight berth.
Currently, he holds the eighth best winning percentage in NCAA
history as his mark has been bettered by only Kentucky's Adolph
Rupp (.822), UCLA's John Wooden (.804), UNLV/Fresno State's Jerry
Tarkanian (.784), North Carolina's Dean Smith (.776), Duke's Mike
Krzyewski (.745), Northern State's Don Meyer (.743) and Syracuse's
Jim Boeheim (.743).
A 2004 inductee to the West Chester University Sports Hall of
Fame, Robinson grew up in Yeadon, Pennsylvania, and played high
school basketball at nearby Aldan Lansdowne High before attending
West Chester. At WCU, he was a standout collegiate baseball and
basketball player before graduating in 1967 and earning a masters
degree a year later.
"I think that the thing that impresses me most when I look at
F&M is the kind of program that Glenn Robinson has built and
maintained," said Hope College coach Glenn Van Wieren prior to
facing the Diplomats in the 1996 Final Four. "He's truly one of
college basketball's best coaches at any level."
He joined the F&M basketball coaching staff as an assistant
coach in 1968 under Hall of Fame coach and athletic trainer Chuck
Taylor. In the fall of 1971, he took over the Diplomats' varsity
program when Taylor resigned to focus on his athletic training
responsibilities.
But Robinson's road to NCAA history did not look realistic in the
beginning.
Following a year which saw F&M finish 4-16, its seventh
consecutive losing season, Robinson led the 1971-72 Diplomats to a
7-14 improvement with wins over Western Maryland, Eastern, Penn
State-Harrisburg, Haverford, Juniata, Messiah and a season
concluding 68-51 victory over Drexel University. In 1973, the
Diplomats improved to 11-13, the eighth straight losing season in
program history as the Diplomats last finished .500 or better in in
1962-62 when the squad notched a 10-9 record.
Finally, in 1974, Robinson and the Diplomats broke through for a
13-11 mark, the team's best record since a 13-6 performance in
1959.
In 1976, Robinson reset the school win record with a 17-8 record.
However, the record did not stand for long as he broke it again in
1977 with 22, 1979 with 27, 1991 with 28 and 1996 with 29
victories.
Part of his success has been the personnel with which he has had
to work as Will Lasky (1991 honorable mention, 1992 first team),
Donnie Marsh (1977 & 1979 second team), Jeremiah Henry (1996
first team), Dave Jannetta (1994 honorable mention, 1995 third
team), Brad Markey (1989 second team), Dennis Westley (1981 second
team), Terry Scott (1988 third team), Phil Hoeker (1989 honorable
mention), Chris Finch (1991 & 1992 honorable mention), Charlie
Detz (1994 & 1995 honorable mention), Mike Mehaffey (1996
honorable mention), Alex Kraft (2000 first team, 2001 honorable
mention), Steve Juskin (2004 honorable mention) and Duran Searles
(2004 honorable mention) all earned All-America honors under
Robinson.
"If you look at F&M over the years, you'll see that there's
rarely a player with an average of more than 17 points per game,"
noted Henry. "The best way to play basketball is for all five
people on the floor to function completely as a unit. We really
stress teamwork and the ability to play together and that comes
through Coach Robinson's system."
Unlike most Division I schools, which measure graduation rate
based on the percentage of four-year players who get a degree,
Robinson has a different standard. During his tenure, all but one
player to earn a varsity letter in basketball has earned a degree,
a statistic which few, if any, other college in the nation can
boast.
In addition to basketball, Robinson also serves as Franklin &
Marshall's varsity men's golf coach.
Chris Rogers enters his fifth season as an assistant coach for
the Diplomats.
Rogers played for Penn State from 1992-1996 under head coaches
Bruce Parkhill and Jerry Dunn. With the Nittany Lions, Rogers was a
Big Ten Scholar Athlete and earned PSU's Coaches Award in 1996. He
helped lead PSU to the National Invitational Tournament (NIT)
semifinals in 1995 and the NCAA Championships in 1996. Following
graduation, Rogers was a member of the Sundance All-Stars, a
Division I exhibition team.
His coaching resume includes stints with Central Pennsylvania's
17-Under AAU club and Aspen High School in Colorado. While
attaining his master's degree in sports and athletic administration
from West Chester University, Rogers worked as an operations
assistant at both Villanova University and the University of
Pennsylvania.
Rogers graduated from Penn State in January 1997 with a bachelor of
science in kinesiology.
Fahringer joined the F&M coaching staff in the 1990-1991
basketball season after four seasons in the Elizabethtown School
District. A 1984 graduate of Shippensburg University, Fahringer
helps direct the F&M summer basketball camp and also serves as
head JV coach and a clinician at other area basketball camps.


