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J Robinson, Accomplished Longtime Gophers Wrestling Coach, Dies at 79
J Robinson led Minnesota to three NCAA team titles and coached 14 individual champions during a 29-year tenure marked by success and a 2016 firing over a drug investigation.
- Legendary Minnesota Gophers wrestling coach J Robinson died at 79, the program announced Sunday, after leading the team for 30 years and securing three NCAA national titles.
- Under his guidance, the Gophers won NCAA team titles in 2001, 2002, and 2007, while Robinson coached 65 wrestlers to 126 All-America honors, establishing the program as a national powerhouse.
- Before joining Minnesota, Robinson served as an Army Ranger in Vietnam and competed on the 1972 Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling team, having previously assisted Dan Gable at the University of Iowa.
- Athletics director Mark Coyle fired Robinson in 2016 for what he called "multiple acts of serious misconduct" involving team members' handling of the prescription drug Xanax.
- The National Wrestling Hall of Fame, which named Robinson a "Distinguished Member" in 2005, described him as a "tenacious competitor, championship coach, innovative leader and a driving force in the sport of wrestling.
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Three-time NCAA title-winning Gophers wrestling coach J Robinson dies at 79
Legendary Gopher wrestling coach J Robinson died Sunday in Southern California at age 79.Robinson coached the Gophers for thirty years, forming them into one of the most successful programs in NCAA history.
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