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Rob Peterson
Rob Peterson
Bio
Rob Peterson joined the Coker University men’s basketball staff as an Assistant Coach on May 13, 2022. 

Peterson comes to Coker after a playing career at Division I High Point University, where he served as team captain. While a student-athlete at High Point, he was a member of the High Point Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and the High Point Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He was also named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches Honors Court, was a three-time selection to the Big South Conference Honor Roll and also a four-time High Point University Millis Scholar. He was also an intern at Smith and Wright Sport Management, worked the Tubby Smith Basketball Camp and also shadowed the Assistant General Manager of the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets, his father Buzz Peterson.

Peterson holds a Bachelor of Arts from High Point in Sports Management. He is engaged to Mallory Jenkins, and the couple has a 14-month old daughter named Stella.