TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - After four straight losing seasons, Steve Robinson is out at Florida State, The Associated Press has learned. <br>
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The school scheduled a Monday news conference to announce the change, according to a university source with knowledge of the situation who spoke on the condition of anonymity. <br>
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Robinson, 44, was 64-86 in five years at Florida State, but just 46-72 over the last four seasons and only 25-55 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. <br>
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Robinson, a one-time assistant at Kansas under Roy Williams, came to Florida State in 1997 after two successful seasons at Tulsa, where his teams were 47-14 and made consecutive NCAA postseason tournaments. <br>
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Robinson had two years left on a contract that was extended for that period in 1999 by Florida State athletic director Dave Hart. <br>
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Robinson could not be immediately reached for comment. <br>
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A coaching change has been expected since the Seminoles, who finished 12-17, were upset twice in December by American and Western Carolina. <br>
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Florida State scored arguably the biggest upset of the season Jan. 6 when it snapped Duke's 22-game winning streak with a 77-76 victory, but went 4-12 after that game. <br>
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Despite a soft nonconference schedule designed to help shore up Robinson's job status, Florida State made only marginal improvement on last year's 9-21 record--the school's worst in 50 years. <br>
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Each of Robinson's teams at Florida State struggled late in the season, managing only a 9-36 record in the month of February. <br>
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Booster frustration also mounted as local prep star Brett Blizzard, who Florida State didn't recruit, became a star at North Carolina-Wilmington, where he was named the Colonial Conference Player of the Year and led his team to the NCAA tournament. <br>
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