Harvey Leigh Robinson (March 23, 1908 – April 25, 1979) was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

player and coach. He served as the head coach at the

University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (officially The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; or UT Knoxville; UTK; or UT) is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee. Founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee became the 16th state ...

for two seasons, 1953 and 1954, compiling a career record of 10–10–1. Robinson replaced General

Robert Neyland Robert Reese Neyland (; February 17, 1892 – March 28, 1962) was an American football player and coach and officer in the United States Army, reaching the rank of brigadier general. He served three stints as the head football coach at the Univ ...

, who retired as head coach due to health reasons. Robinson then served as an assistant coach at Florida under Bob Woodruff and then returned to Knoxville to serve on the staff of Bowden Wyatt. Robinson later became a scout for the NFL.

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