Les Robinson

Les Robinson is a former American basketball coach and former athletic director of North Carolina State and The Citadel.

Robinson graduated in 1965 with a Bachelor of Science degree in parks and recreation and physical education from North Carolina State University. He then became an assistant coach at N.C. State for one year. From there, he was the head basketball coach and athletic director at Cedar Key High School in Florida for two years. In 1968 he returned to graduate school, serving as an assistant coach at Western Carolina University where he also received a master's degree in physical education and guidance counseling.

After one year at Western Carolina, Robinson moved to The Citadel as an assistant coach. He served in that role for five years before taking over the program in 1974–75. He coached at The Citadel for 11 seasons. Although he only managed a .500-or-better record five times, his 132 wins are the most in school history. He was twice named South Carolina Coach of the Year and was a two-time Southern Conference Coach of the Year.

Les Robinson (footballer)

Leslie "Les" Robinson, (born 1 March 1967), is a former English professional footballer who played for Mansfield Town, Stockport County, Doncaster Rovers and Oxford United. Having started his professional career at Mansfield Town during the 1984/85 season Les returned in the 2000/01 season (after spending over 10 years at Oxford Utd) and captained the side to promotion a year later before retiring from professional football in 2002 after playing a total of 742 1st team games.The only 2 teams he never faced were Liverpool and Manchester United and he played on every football league ground except Anfield and Old Trafford. After leaving Mansfield Town he immediately signed for Hednesford Town and stayed for 2 seasons before joining local side Banbury United (2 Seasons).He played a few games for Ardley Town over a couple of seasons before hanging his boots up in 2009 at the age of 41. He is currently working as PE teacher at Swalcliffe Park School just outside Banbury Oxfordshire and is a regular in charity matches involving Oxford United old boys.