MSU Athletics Hall of Fame
LYNNETTE ROBINSON
Asst. Women's Basketball Coach, 1987-2002
Inducted 2015
Lynnette Robinson was the top assistant to Missouri State women's head basketball coach Cheryl Burnett for 15 seasons, during which Lady Bears won 316 games, won or tied for eight regular season conference titles, five league tourney titles and made 10 NCAA tournament appearances with trips to the NCAA Final Four in 1992 and 2001. A native of Annawan, Ill., and graduate of the University of Illinois, Robinson came to Missouri State when Burnett took over as head coach and together they guided the Lady Bears to positions of national prominence in both prestige and attendance. Missouri State annually took on the toughest big names in women's college basketball and continued to have increased success. Robinson was the program's recruiting coordinator and was also active in scouting and game and practice coaching assignments. The 1992 Lady Bears reached the Final Four in what was in only Burnett and Robinson's fifth season with the program as MSU rolled past Kansas, scored a nail-biting upset at Iowa, and blasted Ole Miss and UCLA in the regional tournament in Colorado before losing in the national semfinals to Western Kentucky in Los Angeles in a 31-3 season. That remains the program's best won-loss record ever. MSU made multiple round NCAA trips six times before the high-powered 2000-01 team scored NCAA wins over Toledo and at Rutgers in the opening rounds, belted Duke and Washington in the regional tournament in Spokane, and lost to Purdue in the national semifinals in St. Louis to finish the season with a 29-6 record. Robinson was an assistant coach four seasons at Michigan and three at Missouri and she was inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1995. Robinson is now employed by Target, Inc., in Columbia, Mo.
