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Oregon State fires Craig Robinson as basketball coach, reports say

Craig Robinson sits next to his sister, First Lady Michelle Obama, at the 2012 Democratic National Convention.
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By Chris Dufresne
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President Obama’s brother-in-law is apparently out of a job with multiple news outlets reporting Monday that Craig Robinson has been fired as Oregon State basketball coach.

Robinson had a 94-105 record in six seasons in Corvallis and failed to lead the Beavers to the NCAA tournament. He has three years remaining on his contract and is reportedly owed $4 million by the school.

Robinson is the brother of First Lady Michelle Obama. He introduced his sister at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

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Robinson won 18 games his first season, 2008-09, but ended up finishing up with a 39-69 record in Pac-12 play. The Beavers must replace all five starters.

Oregon State ended the season at 16-16 with a loss to Radford in the post-season CBI tournament.

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Chris Dufresne

Chris Dufresne was the Los Angeles Times’ national college football/basketball columnist from 1995 to 2015. He also covered skiing at the Winter Olympics and wrote extensively on most sports. He is a multiple national award winner and was named 2011 California Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Assn. A Los Angeles native, he started at The Times in 1976 as a truck loader and literally worked his way up (two floors to be exact).

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