Kevin Roberts is in his seventh season as an assistant coach at Oregon State. The former Oregon wrestler had also been an assistant at North Idaho College and Wyoming and had been a strength and conditioning coach at Minnesota since 2004.
In six years at Oregon State, Roberts has helped guide a program that has won threeleague titles in addition to finishing second twice.
This past season, (2012-13), Oregon State saw it's highest placing finish at NCAA's (eighth) since 1996, while crowning three All-Americans for the second straight season. Roberts also assisted in the development of an additional trio of Pac-12 Champions, including the team's second conference title in as many years. Roberts was also honored for his social media prowess by being named as one of eight national finalists for the 'Social Media of the Year Award' by the National Wrestling CoachesAssociation and Elite Level Sports Marketing.
2011-12 saw Roberts and OSU produce three All-Americans and four conference champions as well as the first everPac-12 team title.
In 2010-11, the Beavers advanced six wrestlers to the Pac-10 finals and sent eight to the NCAA Championships, the most in more than a decade.
During his tenure, he has helped mentor three All-Americans, seven Pac-10 champions and 13 wrestlers who finished second at the Pac-10 Championships.
Roberts has coached multiple Fila Jr. and University National freestyle champions and All-Americans. Most recently, Chad Hanke, who is sitting out the 2011-12 season to train for the Olympic Trials, became a University Nationals Champion.
Additionally, Roberts helps coach and train Director of Operations Nick Simmons, who is a 2011 World Freestyle team member World Championships fifth-place finisher in Turkey.
At Minnesota, Roberts was a a member of the staff where the program won the Big Ten Conference, the National Duals and finished fifth and second, respectively, at the NCAA Championships
At North Idaho from 1998-2000 and also from 2001-04, Roberts helped lead NIC to the 2003 NJCAA National Championships. He was on the staff at Wyoming for the 2000-01 season.
As a wrestler at Oregon from 1994-96, Roberts was a two-time All-American at 118 pounds, placing fourth in 1994 and eighth in 1995, and he was a three-time Pacific-10 finalist.
As a senior, Roberts was team captain; he earned the school's Pacific-10 Medal for a male athlete for outstanding achievements in scholarship, athletics and citizenship; and he earned the Emerald Trophy as the school's outstanding senior athlete. Roberts was named the Ducks' Most Valuable Wrestler three times.
Roberts is originally from Spokane, Wash., where he was a state champion for University High. He received a M.S. in Kinesiology and Health from the University of Wyoming in 2007, and a B.S. in Sociology from the University of Oregon in 1996.
Roberts and his wife, Cami, have two sons, Drew (9) and Colton (1) and two daughters, Libby (4) and Kyla (3).
Additionally, Roberts helps coach and train Director of Operations Nick Simmons, who is a 2011 World Freestyle team member World Championships fifth-place finisher in Turkey.
