Falcons head coach Mike Smith promoted wide receivers coach Terry Robiskie to assistant head coach/wide receivers on Saturday.
Robiskie has been with Smith and the Falcons since 2008. He’s been credited with keeping Roddy White in a groove and with quickly developing Julio Jones. Both have made trips to the Pro Bowl under Robiskie’s tutelage
Also, former offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey often credited Robiskie’s input on some of his successful play-calls.
After Mularkey was hired as Jacksonville’s head coach in 2012, he took ex-quarterbacks coach Bob Bratkowski with him and wanted Robiskie to join his staff, but the Falcons blocked the lateral move.
Robiskie, 58, played at LSU and was the SEC’s most valuable player and first-team All-SEC running back in the 1970s.
He played five seasons in the NFL for the Raiders and Dolphins. He played for legendary coaches John Madden and Don Shula.
After his playing days, he went on to coach for the Raiders, Redskins, Browns and Miami before joining Smith’s staff. He was an offensive coordinator with the Raiders and the Browns and served as the interim head coach with the Redskins in 2000 and Browns in 2004.
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