Robbie Wilson begins his eighth season as assistant coach for the Patriot program.  His responsibilities include working in the areas of hitting and fielding, as well as recruiting. He also serves as the university's coordinator of the Champs Life Skills program.

Wilson, 34, has helped the Patriots to seven 30-win seasons, five NCAA Tournament invitations, and a spot in the final Top 30 poll each of the past seven campaigns (including three Top-10 rankings).

Last season, FMU posted a program-best 41-16 record, won the Peach Belt Conference regular-season championship, and reached the title game of the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Tournament.  With Wilson in the first base coaching box, the 2006 FMU squad compiled a then program-best 41-18 record, ended the year ranked sixth nationally, and made the program's first-ever trip to the NCAA Division II College World Series.

During the summers of 2007 and 2008, Wilson served as head coach of the Outer Banks Daredevils of the Coastal Plain League.  He guided the Daredevils to a two-year mark of 48-58, and his 2008 squad earned a spot in the Petitt Cup Championship Tournament.

During the summers of 2005 and 2006, he was the head coach of the Allegany Country Nitros of the New York Collegiate Baseball League. He guided the Nitros to a 27-23 record in 2006 and a spot in the league championship series.

Prior to joing the FMU staff, Wilson spent the 2004 season as an assistant coach at Gardner-Webb University. The NCAA Division I Bulldogs compiled a 32-25 record and placed fourth in the Atlantic Sun Conference final regular-season standings.

A native of Chattanooga, Tenn., Wilson is a 1999 graduate of King College, where he was a four-year letterman on the baseball diamond. A center fielder, he was named his squad's most valuable player in 1999. He visited South Africa in 1998 as a member of an Athletes in Action squad.

He also earned a master's degree from East Tennessee State University in 2002. He served as a graduate assistant at ETSU, instructing four collegiate-level physical education classes.

Prior to taking the position at Gardner-Webb, he served as an assistant coach at King for three seasons (2000, 2001, 2002).

An avid Los Angeles Dodgers fan, Wilson has also worked as sports editor and writer for The Chattanoogan.com, and spent one year as assistant to the general manager of the Johnson City Cardinals minor league baseball organization.

He and his wife have one daughter.

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