- September 8, 2024
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Matanzas High School is looking for a new boys basketball coach.
Henry Robinson has left the Pirates after three seasons to become the head boys coach at Pine Ridge High in Deltona.
The Pirates are also losing Robinson’s son, Henry Robinson Jr., who is ranked as Florida’s No. 2 college basketball prospect in the 2027 high school class by Prep Hoops. Robinson Jr., an athletic 6-foot-7 forward, averaged 20.8 points and 9.5 rebounds in his freshman season for Matanzas.
Robinson Sr. was the head coach at Westside High in Jacksonville for 12 years before he was hired at Matanzas in 2021. He and his family have lived in Deltona, where his wife is from, since moving from Jacksonville.
“Being closer to home that was the main thing,” Robinson Sr. said about taking the Pine Ridge job. Robinson Jr. played basketball at Deltona Middle School for two years before joining his father at Matanzas last year.
“He’s really excited,” Robinson Sr. said. “He gets to come home and play.”
Robinson Jr. played injured during the second half of the high school season and during three Nike Youth Basketball League sessions with his AAU team, the Nightrydas Elite, before an MRI showed he had a dislocated kneecap, his father said.
“He finished physical therapy two weeks ago, and he’s back to 100% now,” Robinson Sr. said.
The Pirates were 23-55 in three seasons under Robinson including 11-15 last season. The Pirates won 10 of their last 19 games after starting the season at 1-7.
Matanzas Principal Kristin Bozeman said on Saturday, Aug. 3, that the Pirates began advertising for the position after Robinson resigned on July 31 and already have some strong interest. Assistant Eric Guerrero will be leading offseason workouts until a new coach is on board.
