Robin Hagen-Smith  740-351-3271

Robin Hagen-Smith enters her nineteenth year as Women’s Head Basketball Coach at Shawnee State University with a record of 477-124. She has taken the Bears to twelve national tournament appearances finishing with eight Sweet Sixteen's, three Elite Eight's, two Final Fours, and a National Championship in 1999. From 1997 - 2002, the Bears won 6 straight conference championships. Robin has received many coaching awards that include MOC and AMC Coach of the Year (6 times), 1997-98 WBCA IKON Coach of the Year, 1998-99 NAIA National Coach of the Year, and 1998-99 Dispatch Women’s Ohio College Basketball Coach of the Year.

Hagen-Smith’s basketball success at SSU began in 1979 when she played for Shawnee State Community College before transferring in 1981 to the University of Rio Grande. It was there that she finished her playing career in 1983.  Her coaching career started at Shawnee State Community College and she posted a 76-52 record in five seasons prior to the transition to NAIA in 1988.  In 1989 she was inducted into the Rio Grande Athlete Hall of Fame. In 1998 she was inducted into South Webster (Ohio) Hall of Fame. She received the Portsmouth Spirit of Leadership Award in 1999.  She was inducted into the Shawnee State University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000.

Hagen-Smith received her bachelors degree in Physical Education/Health from Rio Grande in 1983. In 1984 she received her masters degree in Education from Xavier University. She is a full-time faculty member at SSU.

Robin and her husband, Gregg, reside in Portsmouth with their daughters Ali and Aleza.