Robinson replaced McKay as head coach prior to the 1976 season. His first stint as USC head coach, from 1976-82, produced an outstanding record of 67-14-2, including a national championship in 1978.

John McKay, who had won a national championship four years earlier in his third season as head coach, was lucky to escape ... worst defeat in the history of USC football.'' As I recall, the ...

and his overall record of 104-35-4 gives him more victories than any USC head coach except McKay and Howard Jones. Robinson was also head coach at UNLV from 1999-04. In 2010, Robinson was ...