NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Some history made at Warwick High School. On Wednesday, athletic director Chad Smith hired LaTasia Robinson was hired as the new boys varsity basketball coach.
She now becomes the first woman in the Peninsula District to coach a varsity boys team in the sport. Robinson has the credentials. This past season, she took the Raiders junior varsity team from a 3-6 start to finish the second half 6-3 as the team went 9-9.
Before that, the 32 year old spent two seasons guiding Heritage junior varsity boys squad to a 25-11 record.
Robinson was quite familiar the Hurricane program. She was defensive standout with the girls team at Heritage High as they won a state title in 2008. Robinson would go on to play college ball at Virginia Union.