About John Robinson (American football)
John Alexander Robinson was an American football coach best known for his two stints as head coach of the USC Trojans and for his tenure as the head coach for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL) from 1983 to 1991. Robinson's USC teams won four Rose Bowls and captured a share of the national championship in the 1978 season. Robinson is one of the few college football head coaches to have non-consecutive tenure at the same school. In 2009, he was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame. He won the Rose Bowl in the 1976, 1978, and 1979 seasons, finishing #2 in the AP Poll all three years; USC also earned a Coaches' Poll national championship in 1978. Following the 1982 season, Robinson stepped down as head coach with a record of 67–14–2 over seven seasons. In just over four seasons with the Rams, Dickerson ran for 7,245 yards and led the league in rushing three times, with his 1984 total of 2,105 yards still an NFL record going into 2026.
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