Rob Spivery (born January 9, 1949) is an American

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coach and the former

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of the men's Jaguars basketball team at

Southern University Southern University and A&M College (Southern University, Southern, SUBR or SU) is a public historically black land-grant university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is the largest historically black college or university (HBCU) in Louisiana, a ...

. He previously held the same position at

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. He was hired as Southern's coach on May 5, 2005 and was given a five-year contract, paying $125,000 per annum. On April 2, 2011 it was announced that Southern would not retain his services. During his early career, Spivery played and coached professionally in Brazil for Trianon Club. He also served as an assistant coach for served as a men's assistant coach at

Ashland University Ashland University is a private university in Ashland, Ohio. The university consists of a main campus and several off-campus centers throughout central and northern Ohio. Ashland was founded in 1878 as Ashland College. It is affiliated with The ...

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and the

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.Rob Spivery Biography - Southern University
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