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01-11-2005, 10:12 AM
http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news?slug=ap-syracusecoach&prov=ap&type=lgns
January 10, 2005
DALLAS (AP) -- Syracuse will name Texas co-defensive coordinator Greg Robinson as its new head football coach, according to a newspaper report.
Robinson interviewed with Syracuse athletic director Daryl Gross in Los Angeles on Friday and accepted the job Monday, The Dallas Morning News, citing two unidentified sources close to the Texas program, reported on its Web site Monday.
Telephone messages left for Robinson and Texas coach Mack Brown were not immediately returned Monday night. Attempts to reach Gross were unsuccessful. Syracuse spokesman Kevin Morrow said he was unaware of any impending announcement.
Robinson, 53, spent 14 seasons in the NFL, including stints as defensive coordinator with Kansas City and Denver. He succeeds Paul Pasqualoni, who coached the Orange for 14 years.
Pasqualoni was fired Dec. 29, eight days after Syracuse lost to Georgia Tech 51-14 in the Champs Sports Bowl. He was 107-59-1 and 6-3 in bowl games at Syracuse, but the Orange struggled to break even the last three years after going 10-3 and finishing 14th in the nation in 2001.
January 10, 2005
DALLAS (AP) -- Syracuse will name Texas co-defensive coordinator Greg Robinson as its new head football coach, according to a newspaper report.
Robinson interviewed with Syracuse athletic director Daryl Gross in Los Angeles on Friday and accepted the job Monday, The Dallas Morning News, citing two unidentified sources close to the Texas program, reported on its Web site Monday.
Telephone messages left for Robinson and Texas coach Mack Brown were not immediately returned Monday night. Attempts to reach Gross were unsuccessful. Syracuse spokesman Kevin Morrow said he was unaware of any impending announcement.
Robinson, 53, spent 14 seasons in the NFL, including stints as defensive coordinator with Kansas City and Denver. He succeeds Paul Pasqualoni, who coached the Orange for 14 years.
Pasqualoni was fired Dec. 29, eight days after Syracuse lost to Georgia Tech 51-14 in the Champs Sports Bowl. He was 107-59-1 and 6-3 in bowl games at Syracuse, but the Orange struggled to break even the last three years after going 10-3 and finishing 14th in the nation in 2001.