Aaron Robinson Selected to Lead UMES Program

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PRINCESS ANNE, Md. –The University of Maryland Eastern Shore department of intercollegiate athletics has named Aaron Robinson as the softball program’s new head coach.

“This is a tremendous opportunity and a great place to be,” Robinson says. “I am looking forward to working with our student-athletes, developing our team chemistry and establishing a positive culture of success on and off the field.”

Robinson comes to UMES with coaching and player development experience on the college, high school and youth levels which includes stops at Notre Dame of Maryland University and Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School.

“We enthusiastically welcome Coach Robinson to the UMES community and look forward to his leadership of Hawk softball,” says UMES Vice President of Athletics Tara A. Owens. “Coach Robinson has an unquestioned work ethic. He comes to the program with a great vision and plan to position our student-athletes to be successful on the field, in the classroom, and in the community,”

Serving as the associate head coach and recruiting coordinator at NDMU for two seasons, Robinson recruited the program’s largest class ever, helped lead the Gators to its most wins in a single season, developed five All-CSAC Conference selections. Under his tutelage, the team’s offense improved as batting average increased from .236 in 2020 to .306 in 2022 and .311 in 2023. The program’s OPS improved each season as well going from .568 in 2020 to .722 in 2022 and .786 last season. NDMU also improved in the categories of runs, hits, home runs, runs batted in, stolen bases and total bases each year.

Robinson’s teams showed similar improved while he was head coaching at Bethesda-Chevy Chase. While coaching the high school for two seasons, the team had five all-conference first team selections, six all-conference second team selections and three all-conference honorable mentions. The team improved statistically in batting average going from .291 to .308. The other areas of improvement under Robinson included on base percentage, slugging percentage, hits, runs batted in, run, and stolen bases.

In addition to his college and high school coaching experience, Robinson has been the head coach the Virginia Glory which is an 18-and-under fastpitch program. He also spent one season serving as the Athletic Director and head softball coach at Welborn Academy of Science & Technology. Robinson also directs the Greatness Leadership Hardwork LLC which is modeled to serve as a growth-centered skill and mental sports training organization, offering a wide range of training programs for individual athletes, small groups, and teams in the Baltimore area.

Attending Calvert Hall College High School in Towson, Maryland, Robinson went on to Frostburg State University where he was a member of the basketball program. He went on to attend Towson University and earned his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in 2010. In 2017, Robinson earned his master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Baltimore.

Robinson is certified as a C.U.D.I.T. Concentric Hitting Instructor and is a member of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.

Robinson takes over a Hawks softball program that went 14-30 overall last season with an 8-10 record in MEAC competition.

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