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Terry Robiskie, who has spent the last 26 years as an NFL assistant, was named the Dolphins’ wide receivers coach on January 24, 2007. He comes to the team following a six-year stint with the Cleveland Browns, during which time he served as head coach, offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach.
Robiskie got his start as an NFL assistant with the Los Angeles Raiders in 1982, and spent the next 12 years with the Silver and Black. During that time he served in a variety of roles including assistant special teams coach (1982-84), assistant running backs coach (1985-87), tight ends coach (1988) and offensive coordinator (1989-93). In his 12 years with the Raiders, the team made seven playoff appearances, won four division titles and defeated Washington in Super Bowl XVIII. Following his stay with the Raiders, Robiskie moved on to the Washington Redskins where he spent the next seven seasons (1994-2000). He was the team’s wide receivers coach from 1994-98 and the passing game coordinator his final two seasons. In addition, he spent the final three games of 2000 as interim head coach, in which Washington went 1-2. The team’s win occurred in a 20-3 outcome in the finale, on December 24 against Arizona. In his first three years in Washington, Robiskie served on a staff that also included Dolphins’ Head Coach Cam Cameron, who was quarterbacks coach. In Robiskie’s seven years with the team, there were five different individual 1,000-yard receiving seasons, including one each by Michael Westbrook (1,191) and Albert Connell (1,132) in 1999. With Robiskie as passing game coordinator in 1999, Brad Johnson was voted to the NFC Pro Bowl squad as he threw for 4,005 yards, the second-highest total in franchise history. He went to the Browns in 2001 as wide receivers coach before being promoted to offensive coordinator for the 2004 season. He was the team’s interim head coach for the final five games of 2004, during which time the Browns went 1-4. His win came in a 22-14 decision in the finale, on January 2, 2005 at Houston. He spent the last two years in Cleveland tutoring the wide receivers. Under Robiskie’s guidance, Kevin Johnson totaled 1,097 receiving yards and nine TDs on 84 catches in 2001, and Antonio Bryant tallied 1,009 yards and four scores on 69 receptions in 2005, the most productive seasons in their respective careers. In 2006, second-year wide receiver Braylon Edwards nearly doubled his receiving totals from his rookie season as he caught 61 passes for 884 yards last year, while his six touchdowns doubled his total of three from 2005.
Robiskie is a New Orleans native who went on to letter four years as a running back at LSU. As a senior in 1976, he was named the Southeastern Conference MVP. The Raiders made him an eighth-round draft choice in 1977, and he went on to play the next three seasons with the team (1977-79). He joined the Dolphins in 1980, where he spent the next two years. His career totals consist of 553 rushing yards and five touchdowns on 159 attempts, and 23 receptions for 147 yards. Robiskie will become the seventh person to have both played and coached with the Dolphins, joining Jeff Dellenbach, Bob Matheson, Tony Nathan, Bernie Parmalee, Larry Seiple and Dwight Stephenson.
Robiskie and his wife, Cynthia, have three sons, Brian, Andrew and Kyle. Brian is entering his junior season as a wide receiver on the Ohio State football team. Andrew is in his freshman season as an offensive lineman on the University of Hawaii football team, while Kyle will be moving to Fort Lauderdale with his family to start his junior year of high school. | 