Bobby Roberts (December 19, 1927 – June 22, 2002) was an American
college basketball coach for
Clemson University from 1962 to 1970.
Roberts played for Mars Hill Junior College (now
Mars Hill University) and
Furman. He joined
Clemson in 1958 as an assistant and coach of the freshman team. He was promoted to head coach when
Press Maravich left the Tigers to take an assistant coaching position under
Everett Case at
NC State.
Roberts coached the Tigers for eight seasons. He was the first coach in school history to lead the ram to consecutive winning seasons in the
Atlantic Coast Conference
The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate athletic conference located in the eastern United States. Headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC's fifteen member universities compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Associa ...
(ACC), in 1965–66 and 1966–67.
Roberts resigned his post with six regular-season games to go the 1969–70 season, to be effective at the end of the year. The team finished 7–19 in his last year. He was replaced by
Tates Locke
Taylor "Tates" Locke (born February 25, 1937) is an American former basketball coach.
Locke's only experience at the professional level was made possible by Jack Ramsay who brought him to the Buffalo Braves as an assistant coach and chief scout ...
on March 18, 1970.
"Locke to Coach Clemson Quintet," ''United Press International'' (UPI), Wednesday, March 18, 1970.
Retrieved March 15, 2023.
Roberts died on June 22, 2002, at age 74 at his home in Aiken, South Carolina.[
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Head coaching record
References
External links
Coaching record @ sports-reference.com
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1927 births
2002 deaths
American men's basketball coaches
American men's basketball players
Basketball coaches from South Carolina
Basketball players from South Carolina
Clemson Tigers men's basketball coaches
College men's basketball head coaches in the United States
Furman Paladins baseball players
Furman Paladins men's basketball players
High school basketball coaches in the United States
Junior college men's basketball players in the United States
Mars Hill University alumni
People from Laurens, South Carolina