Head Coach Michael Robertson

Michael Robertson became head coach of the Texas Southern baseball program in June 2008. Robertson is the first and only SWAC head baseball coach to win at least two SWAC Tournament and Western Division Championships while playing in four consecutive seasons at two different conference institutions

Highly regarded as one of the top collegiate coaches in the state of Texas, Robertson has brought his championship pedigree to the TSU baseball program as he led the team to the 2015, 2017 and 2018 Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament Titles.

The team would go on to compete at the NCAA Regional held at Texas A&M University in College Station in 2015, the LSU Baton Rouge Regional in 2017, followed by the Texas Austin Regional in 2018. In all, TSU Baseball qualified for the SWAC Tournament Championship game in four consecutive seasons (2015-18). 

Prior to his teams’ title run in 2015, Robertson had previously led the Tigers to a 2010 SWAC Western Division Championship. The 2010 team’s 30-26 record was the best in TSU’s history. Robertson has had five 30-win seasons on the Division I level.

In the summer of 2021, pitcher Kam Fields made history as Michael Robertson's first draft pick at TSU and the first TSU player to be drafted since 2007 (Lindon Bond). Fields was picked in the 20th round after spending one year at TSU as he struck out 74 batters. One year later in 2022, outfielder Johnathon Thomas became the second consecutive Tiger drafted as the Washington Nationals selected him in the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft. The drafting of Thomas marked the first time since 2005-07 that TSU baseball has had back-to-back student-athletes drafted. Thomas was also the highest player drafted at TSU since 1983.

Also during the 2022 campaign, TSU was crowned the NCAA's stolen base champion with for the second time in his tenure as Jonathon Thomas led the nation led the nation with 62 stolen bases in 53 games.

The teams’ success was not just limited to on the diamond as Robertson’s squads have excelled academically inside the classroom. He’s had 13, 15, 17, and 19 student-athletes named to the SWAC All-Academic Teams during his tenure (2012-13, 2013-1, 2014-15, 2015-16 respectively). Under his watch, TSU's team GPAs has surpassed 3.0 for 16 of 17 semesters. Twenty-one student athletes made the 2020-21 SWAC All-Academic team follwoed by 17 for the 2021-22 academic year.

Robertson began coaching on the NCAA Division I level in 2003 at Prairie View A&M. Robertson turned that program around almost immediately.

He led the Panthers to two consecutive Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Championships (2006,2007). He also led Prairie View to its first SWAC Tournament appearance (2005), first SWAC Western Division title (2006) and its first NCAA Regional Championship Tournament (2006). The Panthers were also named Black College Baseball National Champions in 2006. Under Robertson’s leadership, Prairie View made four consecutive appearances in the SWAC Tournament Championship game from 2005-2008 with a pair of wins and NCAA Regional appearances in 2006 and 2007.

In 2004, Robertson had a 20-win turnaround as PVAMU went from a 10-win team in 2003 to a 30-win team in 2004. The 2004 team also produced three Major League Baseball Draft picks in Jermel Lomack (15th round), Terrance Sparks (29th) and Gerald Miller (50th). Three years later, Robertson had two more draft picks off his 2007 SWAC Championship team in Michael Richard (11th) and Calvin Richard (36th).

He has been recognized as the 2004 Black College Baseball.com Coach of the Year, the 2006 SWAC Coach of the Year, the 2007 Black College Baseball Coach of the Year and the 2007 SWAC Coach of the Year. Robertson's 2006 team at PVAMU was inducted into PV Hall of Fame in 2018 while Robertson was inducted into the hall of fame as a head coach in 2020.

Robertson began his coaching career at his high school alma mater, Forest Brook, where he led the Jaguars to the 2002 Class 4A State Championship Tournament.

He was inducted into the Huston-Tillotson Hall of Fame in the Spring of 2017.

A 1987 graduate of Huston-Tillotson College, Robertson also received his Masters degree in Education from Prairie View A&M (1992).