Robin Pflugrad was born on November 29,1958 and is a retired American football coach.
18 Facts About Robin Pflugrad
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Robin Pflugrad was most recently the assistant head coach and tight ends coach at Northern Arizona University.
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Robin Pflugrad was the head coach for the University of Montana from 2010 to 2011 and the offensive coordinator at Weber State University in 2013.
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Robin Pflugrad operates Robin Pflugrad Athletic Consulting, offering administrative and strategic insights to high school and college athletic programs in the Southwest region.
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Robin Pflugrad was born in 1958 in Eugene, Oregon, where he later attended North Eugene High School.
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Robin Pflugrad went to college at Portland State University, where he played football as a wide receiver, earned all-academic recognition, and served as the team captain during his senior year in 1979.
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Robin Pflugrad's first coaching experience came the following year as an assistant on the staff at his alma mater.
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In 1981, Robin Pflugrad coached at South Eugene High School, before he returned to Portland State to serve as an assistant coach from 1982 to 1985 under head coach Don Read.
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Robin Pflugrad then followed Read to Montana, where he worked as an assistant coach with the team's wide receivers, quarterbacks, and running backs.
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From 1995 to 2000, Robin Pflugrad was the wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator at Arizona State under head coach Bruce Snyder.
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Robin Pflugrad coached the wide receivers there from 2006 to 2008, including his own son, Aaron Pflugrad who was a freshman in 2007.
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In 2009, Robin Pflugrad returned to Montana to become the wide receivers coach under Bobby Hauck.
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ESPN reported that Robin Pflugrad was selected over two other former Montana assistants who were considered candidates for the job: Brent Pease, a former Montana quarterback and Boise State receivers coach, and Dave Doeren, Wisconsin defensive coordinator.
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On March 29,2012, Robin Pflugrad was informed that his contract would not be renewed, and he would no longer be head coach at the University of Montana.
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Robin Pflugrad, known in coaching circles for his clean-cut approach, was shocked by his dismissal, and defenders pointed to team lectures on drugs, alcohol and behavior and his crackdown on a decades-long player initiation ritual as examples of his button-downed philosophy.
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When Robin Pflugrad returned to Missoula as an opposing coach for the Montana vs Weber State game in November 2013, he spoke openly about his love for the team he left behind and what he believed were political machinations that cost him the head job there.
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Robin Pflugrad was not retained when head coach Jody Sears was fired the next year.
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Robin Pflugrad and his wife Marlene have two grown children: Amanda Pflugrad, who worked in media for the New York Jets, and son Aaron Pflugrad, who is a college assistant football coach.