Guy Robertson
Head Baseball Coach, Owner, Owner DPS, Instructor, Frostburg State University,
Phone: (301) 687-4414
Email: gsrobertson@frostburg.edu
In his first six seasons with the Bobcats, Robertson has guided FSU to six-consecutive conference tournament appearances, including a berth in the 2011 NCAA Tournament after winning the Capital Athletic Conference Tournament. Robertson, the third winningest coach in program history, has led the Bobcats to a 154-94 record in his first six seasons and finished with a 28-23 record over the first three seasons in in the CAC. Robertson has pushed FSU to 30-straight 20-plus win seasons, while three players have earned All-American honors under his guidance at Frostburg.
A year ago, Frostburg State finished 25-15 overall with an appearance in the CAC Tournament. Junior Kevin Kean became FSU’s third All-American since Robertson’s arrival and he helped the Bobcats lead the CAC in doubles (104), home runs (20), scoring (7.3 runs per game), slugging percentage (.457) and triples (.40). FSU finished third in the country in doubles per game (2.6), 13th in slugging percentage and 22nd in home runs. On the mound, the Bobcats allowed the fewest walks per nine innings (3.06) in the CAC, while striking out the most batters per nine innings (6.9).
In 2012, the Bobcats finished 22-20 overall, 10-8 in the CAC and earned the third seed in the league tournament. Frostburg led the league in home runs (21), triples (18), finished third in walks (162) and was fourth in stolen bases. FSU also struckout the most batters in the league (266). Three seniors were named to the All-CAC teams.
In 2011, FSU went 28-15 overall and returned to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2007, after earning the No. 2 seed and knocking off the top-seeded Salisbury Sea Gulls in the semifinal round. For the second-consecutive season, Robertson earned conference Coach of the Year honors. Senior Greg Ross was named the CAC Player of the Year and First Team selection, while the Bobcats placed four other players on the All-CAC Teams.
Ross was also named to the American Baseball Coaches Association All-America First Team, D3baseball.com All-America Second Team, as well as ABCA Mid-Atlantic Pitcher of the Year and First Team selection. Greene was named to the Mid-Atlantic Third Team and was named an ECAC South All-Star.
As a team, the Bobcats finished in the top half of the CAC in nearly every statistical category. Frostburg hit .291 as a team (third) and had a .417 slugging percentage (second). The Bobcats also had the second best earned run average (3.51), opposing batting average (.256), and strikeouts (301).
In 2010, Robertson's Bobcats finished with an overall record of 32-13, tied for the second most wins in a season and the most wins since 1999, and a 16-4 in the AMCC. With the best record in the AMCC, Frostburg State was named regular season champions and held the No. 1 seed going into the tournament. After falling to Medaille in the opening game, FSU rebounded and won the next three games to face Penn State Behrend in the Tournament Championship. Though the Bobcats fell 8-3 to the Lions, FSU had one of the most successful seasons in recent history. Four Bobcats were placed on the AMCC All-Conference team including Britton Quayle (Severna Park, Md./Severna Park), who was named conference Pitcher of the Year and Robertson was named Coach of the Year.
Over the course of the season, Robertson saw seven single-season records set, including runs scored (60), hits (78), doubles (24), homeruns (14), RBIs (60), extra base hits (40) and total bases (148). Quayle was joined by Matt Greene (Westminster, Md./South Carroll) as NCBWA/D3baseball.com Pre-Season All-American selections for the 2011 season. Greene was named a D3baseball.com Second-Team All-American following the 2010 campaign.
In 2009, Robertson guided the Bobcats to a 25-16 overall record, a 15-3 AMCC slate and a trip to the ECAC South Regional Championship. The Bobcats won 13-of-14 games during the middle part of their season and earned the No. 2 seed in the AMCC Tournament.
FSU finished near the top of the AMCC in both pitching and fielding. The Bobcats posted league lows in ERA (4.79), runs allowed (217), earned runs (165) and walks (114). FSU also posted the highest fielding percentage in the conference (.955). On offense, Frostburg State hit .308 as a team with 382 hits and finished third in the league in homeruns (28), stolen bases (103) and walks (170).
In his first season at the helm, he led the Bobcats to their 25th-straight 20-plus win season as Frostburg State posted a 22-14 overall mark, while finishing second in the AMCC with a 14-4 record. After just a 3-9 start, Robertson got his team on the right track as the Bobcats rebounded to win the next nine games and finish the season with 19 wins in their final 25 contests. Frostburg State, which advanced to the AMCC Tournament for the 11th-consecutive season, placed five players on the All-AMCC teams.
Robertson arrived at Frostburg after serving as the Director of Recruiting for the Baseball Factory in Columbia, Md. from July 2006 to September 2007. While there, he helped place kids with colleges and universities all across the country at all levels.
Robertson served as the head coach at NCAA Division I Coppin State from 2002 through 2006. He is the school's all-time leader in winning percentage, second all-time in both CSU wins (64) and MEAC wins (30). He also holds the school record for victories in a single-season (21). In 2005, he was selected as the MEAC Coach of the Year after posting a 10-7 league record.
Prior to CSU, he served as the head coach for the Asheboro Copperheads of the Coastal Plains Collegiate Summer League and the St. Cloud River Bats of the Northwoods Collegiate Summer League. Robertson has also served as an assistant coach for both Towson and Georgetown University's.
Throughout his coaching career, Robertson has coached several camps and clinics and has served on the NCAA Regional Selection Committee. He coached camps for the University of Maryland, William and Mary, Naval Academy, Robert Clemente Baseball Camp and has helped with the Baseball Weekly Instructional Series.
A native of Westminster, Md., Robertson played four years of baseball at Elon where he earned his bachelor's degree in sports management in 1999. He later earned his masters of science in physical education and exercise science from McDaniel in December of 2003.
He and his wife, the former Lisa Bumgarner, are the proud parents of Alexandra (7) and Gabriella (6).
