Robbie Wilson begins his sixth season as assistant coach for the Patriot program.

Wilson's 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, 32, has helped the Patriots to five 30-win seasons and a spot in the final Top 30 poll each of the past five campaigns.

This past year, Francis Marion posted a 38-15-1 record and finished second during the PBC regular season, won the PBC Tournament title, and earned its fourth NCAA Division II national tournament bid in the past seven years, placing third at the Southeast Regional.  The Patriots were ranked 14th in the final 2009 Collegiate Baseball Magazine NCAA Division II Top 30 poll. The 38 wins were the second-highest total in team history.  In the NCAA team rankings, the Patriots ranked 15th in sacrifice flies (31), 18th in sacrifice bunts (47), 28th in hits (628), 29th in fielding percentage (.965), 37th in double plays turned (45), and 39th in both batting average (.333) and walks (222).

In 2008, FMU went 34-20, tied for second in the PBC regular-season standings, and ended the year ranked 27th in NCAA Division II.  The Patriots defense ranked 10th nationally in double plays turned and 55th in fielding percentage.  The 2007 Patriot team posted a 36-18 mark, placed third during the PBC regular season, and ended the year ranked 29th.  Each of the past two seasons has seen the Patriots narrowly miss out on a bid to the NCAA Division II national tournament.

With Wilson in the first base coaching box, the 2006 FMU squad compiled a 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.  The Patriots were ranked as high as third in the national poll during the 2006 campaign and spent seven weeks in the Top 10. FMU placed second in the Peach Belt  regular-season standings.

In Wilson's first season (2005), Francis Marion recorded a 34-16-1 mark and ended the year ranked 14th nationally. The Patriots earned a NCAA post-season invitation, and the team's 34 wins were one shy of the then team mark of 35 set in 1998. The Patriots placed third in the PBC standings.

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.