Rob Summers (basketball)

Rob Summers

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Cleveland State
Conference	Horizon
Record	0–0 (–)
Biographical details
Born	(1984-06-06) June 6, 1984 (age 41)
Playing career
2002–2004	Penn State
2005–2007	West Virginia
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2011–2013	Glenville State (associate HC)
2014–2017	Urbana
2017–2019	James Madison (assistant)
2019–2022	Cleveland State (assistant)
2022–2024	Miami (OH) (associate HC)
2024–2025	Missouri (assistant)
2025–present	Cleveland State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2013–2014	James Madison (DBO)
Head coaching record
Overall	20–66 (.233)

Rob Summers (born June 6, 1984) is an American basketball coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of the Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team.

Career

Summers played college basketball at Penn State and West Virginia. He played professionally overseas before beginning his coaching career. His first coaching job was as an associate head coach at Glenville State, before serving as the director of basketball operations for a season at James Madison. In 2014, Summers was named the head coach at Urbana. ^[1] After three seasons serving as Urbana's head coach, he returned to James Madison as an assistant coach. ^[2] Summers served as an assistant coach for two seasons at James Madison and three seasons at Cleveland State, before becoming the associate head coach for Miami. ^[3] He spent two seasons at Miami before leaving for an assistant role at Missouri. ^[4]

On April 9, 2025, Summers was named the next head coach at Cleveland State, replacing Daniyal Robinson. ^{[5] [6]}

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Urbana Blue Knights (MEC)(2014–2017)
2014–15	Urbana	6–23	3–19	11th
2015–16	Urbana	2–26	1–21	12th
2016–17	Urbana	12–17	7–15	T–9th
Urbana:		20–66 (.233)	11–55 (.167)
Cleveland State Vikings (Horizon)(2025–present)
2025–26	Cleveland State	0–0	0–0
Cleveland State:		0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)
Total:		20–66 (.233)
National champion        Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

References

1. Welch, Matt (November 5, 2014). "Former WVU star Summers excited for challenge at Urbana". Times West Virginian. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
2. Walfish, Josh (April 21, 2017). "Summers A Believer". Daily News-Record. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
3. Clark, Dave. "Rob Summers, Miami RedHawks' associate head coach, played for Bob Huggins at WVU". The Enquirer. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
4. McAndrew, Calum. "Missouri basketball adding Rob Summers as assistant coach". Columbia Daily Tribune. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
5. Pluto, Terry (April 9, 2025). "Cleveland State names new men's basketball coach, a familiar face — Terry Pluto". cleveland. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
6. McAndrew, Calum. "Missouri basketball assistant coach Rob Summers hired to familiar head coaching job". Columbia Daily Tribune. Retrieved April 9, 2025.