Robin Andrea was named Head Women's Basketball Coach at Vermont State University Lyndon in June of 2025,
Andrea came to Lyndon after serving as the Head Women's Basketball Coach at Portland Community College in Portland, OR, during the 2024-25 season. In his lone season at Portland he led the Panthers to a 14-15 record, including a 7-9 mark and a 5th Place finish in the Northwest Athletic Conference South Region. Most significantly, he placed 100% of his graduating class into four-year universities.
Andrea's first collegiate head coaching position came at Yakima Valley College in Yakima, WA, where he spent three seasons from 2021 through 2024. At Yakima Valley he took over a program that had only won two games during the COVID-shortened 2020-21 season and built it into a NWAC contender. In 2023-24 he led the Yaks to a 14-12 record, 8-6 in NWAC play, and a berth in the NWAC Sweet 16. His team was among the top five scoring teams in the conference, and he coached three All-Region players including 2022-23 Region Most Valuable Player Aliyah Finch.
Immediately before going to Yakima Valley, Andrea was the lead assistant women's coach at Linn-Benton Community College in Albany, OR, for three seasons. At Linn-Benton he recruited seven signees who were key contributors to the Roadrunners' 20-9 season in 2019-20, the program's first 20-win season in a decade. he was also the team's defensive strategist as it achieved a top three ranking across the conference.
Andrea's first foray into college coaching came with NCAA Division II Western Oregon University. He spent five seasons working with the men's program from 2006 through 2011, before moving over to the women's program for the 2011-12 campaign. He managed strength training and skill development with the men's program. With the women he served as head recruiter, worked with the post players, and developed the team's press schemes.
In between his stints at Western Oregon and Linn-Benton, Andrea spent four seasons with the boys basketball program at Hillsoboro, OR, including two as head coach.
Andrea earned a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science and a minor in Mathematics from Western Oregon University in 2009 and a Master of Science in Sport & Recreation Science from Ohio University in 2011.
