Getting to Know the Wildcats Women’s Basketball Coach Robertson

8/9/2023 11:02:00 AM

By: Chris Myers

FORT VALLEY, Ga. – Almost a year in the books and an ending exclamation was made to finish the Wildcats last season. Fort Valley State women's basketball Head Coach Doug Robertson came late to the game less than a year ago, but he started to lay the groundwork for the success to come within the program.

Coach Robertson came to direct the Wildcat women's hoops team shortly after the start of the 2022 Fall Semester. After quickly learning his FVSU team and taking the players in the program under his tutledge,

Robertson 's team sat at 6-16 following the regular season with a 2-2 finish and were only five combined points from being perfect in the final two weeks. The Wildcats, though, took the solid last two weeks of momentum into the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament as they took care of LeMoyne-Owen and then upset Benedict College in the second round. Robertson's initial team's run ended in the Quarterfinals at the hands of SIAC West runner-up Miles College, but it was the program's deepest post season runs in recent years.

Now with a full recruiting cycle under his belt and a full season working with the returning players, Coach Robertson aims for a continued rise up the SIAC ranks for the 2023-24 campaign.

Let's take the opportunity to get to know the Wildcat Head Coach more as he now readies to surpass a calendar year at his FVSU post:

First, where the FVSU comes from…

*Where did you go to college and what did you study?
Bowie State University; business administration

*Where are you originally from/grew up?
Baltimore, Maryland – Home of the Orioles and also the Ravens

*What drew your interest in sports and then into coaching?
My entire family has competed in sports at all levels so I kinda no choice; coaching came about cayuse of my dad he coached in high school and college level

*What things do you enjoy away from coaching?
I enjoy family gatherings and playing golf.

*Tell about your family
My entire family has been involved in athletics in all capacities, so its extremely easy to have generational conversations about athletics "basketball" that at times get very passionate.

*Unique fact or something interesting about you?
It's the calm before the storm.

*What are you thankful for?
I'm thankful that I have supportive pieces in my life "Family" The landscape is changing and making sure I stay kinda in tune to it

*What makes you smile?
I smile (when I see/experience) personal family success and player success.

*What makes the day a good one?
A good day knowing my players & family are being successful

General FVSU:

*How long have you been at FVSU?
I have been at FVSU 10 months

*What brought you/interested you in this coaching opportunity at FVSU?
My interest in FVSU was mutual and I wanted to return the women's program to it successful ways

*What do you like about The Valley…what makes it unique?
Making the FVSU the jewel of Middle Georgia as well as the community has been extremely supportive

*What is your favorite part(s) of coaching?
See that light come on for our athletes and they realize their potential.

If the ending of the 2022-23 season was preview, Coach Robertson will be smiling quite a bit come November through March when he sees a lot of his players "see that light come on."

With his late arrival to The Valley only a few weeks before the first day of practice, the Wildcat returners and newcomers to the program will be set for the FVSU Head Coach's instruction and success to come from adhering to it.

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