As Daniyal Robinson leaves, what next for CSU basketball?

[Coach Andy Mac]

That’s what I thought when my sources told me that Daniyal Robinson is leaving Cleveland State to become the head basketball coach at North Texas.

Robinson won 65 games in three seasons with the Vikings, winning 21-21-23 games. This past season, Robinson led the Vikings to a 23-13 record, 14-6 in the Horizon League.

Furthermore, Robinson’s team had a 3.3 grade point average in the last grading period. They were 3.1 for his three years at the downtown Cleveland school.

North Texas is in the American Athletic Conference with schools such as Memphis State, UAB, Temple and Florida Atlantic.

North Texas was 27-8 this season, 14-4 in the conference. Head Coach Ross Hodge was hired as the new head coach of West Virginia. Hodge had a $500,000 base salary with $200,000 in media bonuses and other incentives. His contract at West Virginia is supposed to be the $3 million range per season.

Odds are Robinson will at least receive a contract in the $750,000 range – if not more.

North Texas is considered a good job and also a launching pad to major college opportunities. Before Hodge, the head coach at North Texas was Grant McCasland – now the head coach at Texas Tech.

read more: https://www.cleveland.com/sports/college/2025/03/as-daniyal-robinson-leaves-what-next-for-csu-basketball-terry-pluto.html

[Coach Andy Mac]

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Robinson’s son is Reece Robinson, a promising freshman forward. The St. Ignatius product will probably follow his father to North Texas.

 

[Coach Andy Mac]

https://csuvikings.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/reece-robinson/4069

[BleedingGreen]

41 minutes ago, Coach Andy Mac said:

 

Great! We will happily welcome Reece .

[UNTFan23]

Haha. The writer used Memphis State. 

[BleedingGreen]

Cool story if you do a google search where Coach and son discuss being together.

[BigWillie]

That article also states: 

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Despite losing 83% of its scoring from the previous season, the Vikings were 23-13 this season. They will lose senior and leading scorer Tevin Smith to graduation.

Sound familiar?

[BigWillie]

1 hour ago, Coach Andy Mac said:

https://csuvikings.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/reece-robinson/4069

His stats don't really look that impressive. Highest scoring game was 14 in a lower league. I would hope he would be option 4 or 5 on the team.

[97and03]

8 minutes ago, BigWillie said:

His stats don't really look that impressive. Highest scoring game was 14 in a lower league. I would hope he would be option 4 or 5 on the team.

As a true freshman and comparable numbers to Newell, an experienced former P5 junior. 

[BigWillie]

11 minutes ago, 97and03 said:

As a true freshman and comparable numbers to Newell, an experienced former P5 junior. 

Yeah, thats understandable, I just meant I hope he isn't filling the void of Tin. Newell replacement would be the exact place I would see him, especially since it sounds like he will play defense.

[HelixGMG]

1 minute ago, BigWillie said:

His stats don't really look that impressive. Highest scoring game was 14 in a lower league. I would hope he would be option 4 or 5 on the team.

First, he is a freshman, lots of room to grow.

Second, we will likely be in full rebuild and could use the body. 

Looking forward to seeing the new coach and roster come together.

[BigWillie]

2 minutes ago, HelixGMG said:

First, he is a freshman, lots of room to grow.

Second, we will likely be in full rebuild and could use the body. 

Looking forward to seeing the new coach and roster come together.

Agreed, I just feel we need to be picking up transfers from bigger schools. And I hope he does. All I was saying is I don't want him to be the biggest piece of the team like Atin was.

[Cooley]

Doesn’t look like a player on video. 

[BigWillie]

2 hours ago, Cooley said:

Doesn’t look like a player on video. 

[NorthTexasWeLove]

3 hours ago, HelixGMG said:

First, he is a freshman, lots of room to grow.

Second, we will likely be in full rebuild and could use the body. 

Looking forward to seeing the new coach and roster come together.

Everyone will be.