Football
- Title:
- Assistant Coach / Running Backs / High School Camp Coordinator
- Email:
- rrouse01@calpoly.edu
- Phone:
- 805-756-7687
Robbie Rouse
Assistant Coach (Running Backs) and High School Camp Coordinator • First Year • Fresno State '13
Recruiting Area: San Diego County
Former Fresno State running back Robbie Rouse, who coached the running backs at North Dakota for two seasons, was hired as the running backs coach at Cal Poly in January 2022. Rouse also serves as the team's high school camp coordinator.
Rouse coached Otis Weah to successful seasons while with the Fighting Hawks -- 730 yards rushing in 2020 and 818 in 2021. He scored nine touchdowns on the ground in each season, earned multiple All-America nods and twice was selected to the All-Missouri Valley Football Conference squad.
Rouse was a four-year member of the football team at Fresno State, where he became the program's all-time leading rusher. In four years with the Bulldogs, Rouse rushed for a total of 4,647 yards and 37 rushing touchdowns while also finishing with 794 receiving yards, five receiving touchdowns, and one passing touchdown. He is the first player in program history to record three 1,000-yard seasons and helped the Bulldogs reach a bowl game in three of the four seasons (2009-12).
After a brief stint in the National and Canadian football leagues with the Cleveland Browns and Edmonton Eskimos, Rouse began his coaching career in 2017 at the College of St. Scholastica, where he coached the running backs, tight ends, wide receivers and returners.
In 2019, the San Diego, Calif., native coached the running backs for Augustana (Sioux Falls, S.D.), helping the Vikings to a 9-3 overall record and a NCAA Division II postseason berth. As a team, Augustana amassed over 1,800 yards on the ground and Jarod Epperson finished seventh in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) with 732 yards and six touchdowns.
Rouse graduated in 2013 with a bachelor of arts degree in Recreation Administration from Fresno State before receiving his master’s degree in sports administration and leadership from Augustana.
Robbie has a daughter, Renlee.
