The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Robertson set to join Kelly’s Soccer coaching staff
02.13.2024 | Soccer
The Fyvie, Scotland native arrives on the Forty Acres from Cincinnati
AUSTIN, Texas – Angela Kelly and The University of Texas has announced the hiring of John Robertson as an assistant coach for Kelly's soccer coaching staff. Robertson spent the 2023 season as an assistant coach at the University of Cincinnati following a five-season stint at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
"It's an exciting day for our soccer program here on the Forty Acres with the hiring of our new assistant coach," Kelly said. "Every opportunity I have to build our staff, my number one goal is to find hard-working, experienced individuals who possess a tremendous passion for the game with the highest level of loyalty, character and integrity.
"Those qualities are incredibly hard to find and with this hire, we have found them all. I could not be more excited to have John Robertson join my coaching staff."
"I'm fortunate and tremendously excited to be given the opportunity to join the Longhorns at such a special time in the program's growth," Robertson said. "I'm very grateful to Coach Kelly for allowing me this opportunity to continue develop and learn at Texas, while putting into practice everything I've experienced and learned throughout my coaching career up to this point."
Prior to his arrival at Cincinnati, Robertson helped UAB to a 28-26-15 record with 16 all-conference honorees during his time in the Magic City. In his final season in Birmingham in 2023, the Blazers featured a program-best 10-match unbeaten streak and featured a league-best six All-Conference USA selections that was highlighted by the conference's Defensive Player of the Year in Asha Zuniga. He also worked with Kelsey Daughtery during her time at UAB as she went on to become a Conference-USA Goalkeeper of the Year.
Robertson returned to his alma mater (Maryville College) in 2016 to help guide the program to its first ever USA South regular season and conference tournament championship. The season resulted in an 18-3 record and an appearance in the NCAA DIII tournament for the first time since 2005. Three years later, he helped the University of Montevallo earn its first NCAA DII tournament appearance in 12 years.
The Fyvie, Scotland native graduated from Maryville College in Maryville, Tenn., where he was a two-time all-conference selection and a team captain, with a Bachelor of English Literature in 2013. Prior to graduating, he helped lead the Scots to three consecutive Great South Athletic Conference regular season and tournament championships (2009-11), while also being named to the 2011 All-Great South First Team and 2012 All-USA South Athletic Conference.
In 2015, he returned to the United Kingdom to earn a Master of Journalism from Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland.
Robertson has a wife, Rachel.
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