Staff Directory
- Title:
- Defensive Backs
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- Phone:
- 552-3010
Cory Robinson enters his first season with the Boston College football staff, serving as the team's defensive backs coach.
Robinson is a 16-year coaching veteran with six years on Division I staffs, four on NFL staffs and six seasons in the high school ranks early in his career. He most recently spent a season in the NFL with Jacksonville as the Jaguars’ cornerbacks coach. Prior to that he served as a defensive analyst at Tennessee in 2023 as the Volunteers went 9-4, played in the Camping World Bowl and featured a defense that intercepted 12 passes; third in the SEC.
From 2020-22, Robinson was the New Orleans Saints assistant defensive backs coach. The Saints had a top-10 scoring defense in all three seasons and top-5 in both 2020 and 2021. In 2022, the Saints ranked second in the NFL in passing defense at 184.3 yards per game. During his stint in New Orleans, Robinson worked with a pair of Pro-Bowl defensive backs. Corner Marshon Lattimore earned Pro-Bowl status in 2020 and 2021, while J.T. Gray was a 2021 All-Pro First Team honoree and Pro-Bowl selection.
Robinson previously worked as a cornerbacks coach at the collegiate level with Maryland (2019), Rutgers (2018), Temple (2017) and Toledo (2016).
A Baltimore native, Robinson began his coaching career with stops at Calvert Hall (2009-13) and St. Frances Academy (2014). He played his high school football at Cardinal Gibbons before a four-year Division I career at Central Connecticut State from 2005-08, where he graduated in 2009 with a degree in communications and a minor in business/marketing.
Robinson and his wife Candy have four sons; Rahshaun, Denali, Royal and Legend.
Coaching Career
2025: Boston College, Secondary
2024: Jacksonville Jaguars, Defensive Assistant/Cornerbacks
2023: Tennessee, Defensive Analyst
2020-22: New Orleans Saints, Assistant Defensive Backs
2019: Maryland, Defensive Passing Game Coordinator/Cornerbacks
2018: Rutgers, Cornerbacks/Passing Game Coordinator
2017: Temple, Cornerbacks
2016: Toledo, Cornerbacks
2015: Maryland, Director of Player Personnel
2014: St. Frances Academy HR, Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator
2009-13: Calvert Hall, Assistant Varsity Coach/Director of Operations
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