Notre Dame Prep head boys basketball coach Whitney Robinson ’98 (NDHS) was interviewed in June for a promotional video featuring prominent CMU alumni.Notre Dame Prep and its boys basketball program provide the backdrop for a recently released video produced by Central Michigan University to promote its high-profile alumni.
The video is available below.
A film crew from CBS Detroit was on the Notre Dame campus in June to record an interview with NDP head boys basketball coach Whitney Robinson.
Robinson graduated from Notre Dame in Harper Woods in 1998 and went on to Central where he played basketball for the Chippewas before graduating in 2003. ND Prep hired Robinson in 2012 to head their basketball program.
During the interview, he said getting the basketball job at NDP was a dream come true. Coming from the environment at Notre Dame in Harper Woods to Notre Dame in Pontiac, he said, "was completely seamless."
"I love what I'm doing here and truly appreciate the opportunity to instill the same values and work ethic I learned at Notre Dame in these young men here in Pontiac," he said.
After CMU, Robinson played professional basketball in Europe, Israel and Iceland and was involved with Athletes in Action, where he played and served as a mission worker in France, Beijing, Toronto and Cairo. His college-playing experience included CMU, where made the MAC All-Academic Team and earned Sixth Man and Defensive player of the year honors. He held CMU's steals leadership during the 2001-01 season and scored over 1,300 career points with the Chips.
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About Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy
Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy is a private, Catholic, independent, coeducational day school located in Oakland County. The school's upper division enrolls students in grades nine through twelve and has been named one of the nation's best 50 Catholic high schools (Acton Institute) four times since 2005. Notre Dame's middle and lower divisions enroll students in jr. kindergarten through grade eight. All three divisions are International Baccalaureate "World Schools." NDPMA is conducted by the Marist Fathers and Brothers and is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States and the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. For more on Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy, visit the school's home page at www.ndpma.org.