Women's Soccer Coaching Staff

Head Coach Jim Robbins
Phone: (706) 880-8334
E-Mail: jrobbins@lagrange.edu
Jim Robbins begins his first season as head coach of the Panthers in 2009. He has served in the same role at Oxford College of Emory University for the past two seasons.

Robbins' 2008 team at Oxford finished the season 14-5, a 10-win improvement from the previous season. Oxford was ranked fifth nationally by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America and sixth by the National Junior College Athletic Association.

Oxford received the NSCAA team academic award in both 2007 and 2008, and was on track to win the award again in 2009. The team earned the NJCAA Academic Team of the Year in 2007 with a team GPA of 3.44.

Robbins was first assistant coach at NCAA Division I Rider University for three seasons. He was assistant director of coaching for the Peachtree City (Ga.) Soccer Association and technical director for the Lawrence Hamnett Soccer Association in Lawrence, N.J. He has operated the Jim Robbins Soccer School in Trenton, N.J., and was the head boys' varsity coach at the Pennington School in Pennington, N.J.

Robbins has been active as a staff coach for New Jersey and Georgia state soccer coaching schools. He also has trained and coached boys and girls teams as part of the New Jersey and Georgia Olympic development program.

Robbins is a graduate of Lafayette College in Easton, Pa. with a degree in Economics and Business. He holds a USSF A license, NSCAA Advanced Diploma, USSF Youth License, NSCAA Youth Diploma and the NSCAA Goalkeeper 1 Diploma. Robbins is a member of the NSCAA and the United States Soccer Federation.

Robbins and his wife, Jocelyn, have two sons; Kyle, 10 and Damien 9.