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John Alexander Robinson (July 25, 1935 – November 11, 2024) was an American football coach best known for his two stints as head coach of the University of Southern California (USC) football team (1976–1982, 1993–1997) and for his tenure as head coach of the NFL's Los Angeles Rams (1983–1991).
The USC Trojans college football team represents the University of Southern California (USC) in the Big Ten Conference. The Trojans compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 26 head coaches and three interim head coaches since it began play during the 1888 season. [1]
The 1979 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season.In their fourth year under head coach John Robinson, the Trojans compiled an 11–0–1 record (6–0–1 against conference opponents), won the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 389 to 171. [2]
Robinson coached the USC Trojans to the 1978 national championship and won eight bowl games as a head coach. His football coaching career began as an assistant at Oregon in 1960 before USC hired ...
John Robinson, in white, reacts after a USC touchdown in 1997. Robinson, who coached his run-oriented USC football team to a national title and the L.A. Rams to two NFL conference championship ...
Longtime USC and Los Angeles Rams head coach John Robinson died on Monday, both the university and franchise confirmed. Robinson died in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, due to complications from pneumonia.
Robinson became John McKay's offensive coordinator at USC in 1972, coaching the unbeaten 1972 consensus national championship team and the 1974 team that went 10-1-1. Robinson left the Trojans for one year to join Madden with the Oakland Raiders, but returned to USC in 1976 when McKay took over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Robinson became John McKay's offensive coordinator at USC in 1972, coaching the unbeaten 1972 consensus national championship team and the 1974 team that went 10-1-1.