David Quinn “Robby”
Robinson was named VCU’s associate athletic director of
external affairs on November 1, 2011 following a two year stint as
the Rams Associate AD for Corporate Sales and
Broadcasting.
Robinson manages all corporate sponsorship sales within the athletic department, including signage within the basketball arena, radio advertising packages, game day program ads and internet sales. He also oversees the Rams video production and radio broadcasting departments.
Since joining the Rams staff in September
of 2008, the yearly corporate partnership dollars have increased
almost 100%. Robinson is the lead contact with Siegel Center
naming rights holder Verizon Wireless as well as other major
partners including the Virginia Lottery, Wells Fargo, The VCU
Medical Center and over fifty other local, regional and national
brands.
In addition to his sales and administrative duties, Robinson also handles the play by play duties of VCU Men’s Basketball, supervising and conducting all radio operations, including pregame and postgame shows. He also works in concert with VCU radio partner 107.3 WBBT. He was part of the broadcast team that called the Rams thrilling 2011 Final Four run and record breaking 29 win season in 2012.
Prior to his tenure with VCU, Robinson spent eight years as the basketball and football play-by-play voice of The Citadel in Charleston, S.C. Robinson also served as the general sales manager for Kirkman Broadcasting. During his tenure, Robinson won four Advertising ADDY awards for commercial production, as well as an Edward R. Murrow Award for a radio feature on Marc Buoniconti.
From 1999-2000, Robinson was an account executive and associate director of broadcasting for the Sun Devil Sports Network in Tempe, Ariz.
Robinson graduated from the University of Virginia in 1997, where he majored in history with a minor in religion. Robinson was also a four-year member of the Cavaliers’ baseball team and played on the school’s first ACC Tournament Championship team in 1996.
Originally of Atlanta, Ga., Robinson married the former Chara Quinnelly and the couple resides in the near West End with their son Riley, born in 2007 and their daughter Lucy, born in the summer of 2010 in Richmond.
