Tag: Mark Robinson

Florida hire Texas A&M associate athletic director in new front office role

The Florida football program made a hire for a new front office role, poaching from a fellow SEC program.

The Florida football program is rebuilding from the ground up, and the team made another hire last Friday, but this time in the front offices.

According to Swamp247, the team is looking to thread together a string of front-office hires and started with bringing in former Texas A&M Aggies associate athletic director [autotag]Mark Robinson[/autotag] for an unspecified role. His primary focus was managing the TAMU football program in College Station.

Robinson spent six years with Texas A&M and held the same associate role for the Florida State Seminoles from 2013-17. The Greensboro, North Carolina, native started his football office career in 2003, acting as the assistant director of football operations for the Aggies.

Although his official role has yet to be revealed, it is expected to be similar to his previous stints with the other programs on his long resume.

The Gators are still gearing up for spring practices, but are rebuilding the team slowly and steadily with coaching hires and welcoming athletes from the transfer portal.

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4 realistic takeaways from the injury to Steelers LB Kwon Alexander

Here is the most likely plan for the Steelers with Kwon Alexander out for the year.

On Sunday, the Pittsburgh Steelers lost starting inside linebacker Kwon Alexander to what is being described as a season-ending Achilles injury. This would be a serious issue no matter what but the fact that Alexander was in the starting lineup to replace Cole Holcomb makes it even more significant. Holcomb suffered a season-ending knee injury the week before. What will the Steelers do next? Here are our four most realistic takeaways from the injury and how Pittsburgh should proceed.

Five takeaways from Chris Lows’ ESPN article detailing Jimbo Fisher’s future with Texas A&M

Here are five takeaways after reading Chris Low’s in depth ESPN article describing Jimbo Fisher’s future at Texas A&M, and more.

Throughout my time covering the Texas A&M Football program, and of course, Head Coach Jimbo Fisher’s widely discussed tenure, those outside of the Texas A&M media realm generally relied on the low-hanging fruit that was the free media fodder provided on the back of the Aggies’ dismal 5-7 (2-6 SEC) 2022 season.

Back in late December, Fisher, who (finally) saw the writing on the wall, took a big shot after hiring Bobby Petrino as the program’s new offensive coordinator, taking his first assistant job since 2002. Bringing some personal baggage, Petrino’s offensive acumen and extensive coaching resume completely outweighed any negative aspects of his hiring.

Throughout the summer, most of the outside skepticism was based on the potential animosity seen within the future Fisher/Petrino dynamic. Still, through a successful spring with notable changes to the offense, which continued into the fall, the Aggies opened the 2023 season with a bang, blowing out the vising New Mexico Lobos 52-10 behind starting quarterback Conner Weigman’s five touchdowns, three thrown to ascending sophomore wide receiver Noah Thomas.

On Wednesday, ESPN senior writer Chris Low released his highly anticipated article after spending time in College Station to interview Jimbo Fisher, Bobby Petrino, and Texas A&M Athletic Director Ross Bjork to finally bring some much-needed clarity regarding the general vibe around the football program, Fisher’s coaching future, and of course, predicting how the Petrino experiment will pan out during the rest of the 2023 season and beyond.

Here are my five takeaways from Low’s thought-provoking ESPN piece.