title: Scotty Robertson
text: Robert Scott "Scotty" Robertson III (February 1, 1930 – August 18, 2011) was an American basketball coach.  He was the first coach for the New Orleans Jazz (now the Utah Jazz), and he later coached the Chicago Bulls and the Detroit Pistons. He also has a stint as assistant coach for the Indiana Pacers, San Antonio Spurs, Phoenix Suns, and the Miami Heat.
  
  Career
  Robertson was born in Fort Smith in western Arkansas. As a sixth grader, he  moved to Shreveport, Louisiana, where he played basketball and baseball for C. E. Byrd High School, from which he graduated in 1947. He attended the University of Texas at Austin, Texas, but graduated in 1951 from Louisiana Tech University in Ruston. He obtained a master's degree from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. After his graduation from Louisiana Tech, he played baseball in the Chicago White Sox organization before returning to basketball as a coach.
  
  Death and legacy
  At the time of his death of lung cancer at the age of eighty-one, Robertson was residing in Ruston, the location of Louisiana Tech, with his wife the former Betty Lou Lancaster. He was survived by his daughters, Libby Robertson Power of Frisco, Texas, Claudia Robertson Fowler (husband Royal) of Franklin, Tennessee, and Vicki Robertson Page of Ruston. He had ten grandchildren.
  
  Services were held on August 21, 2011, at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Ruston. Interment followed at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Ruston.
  
  In 2012, the Robert "Scotty" Robertson Memorial Gymnasium was renovated and named in Robertson's honor.
  
  Head coaching record
  
  High school 
  Robertson coached at C. E. Byrd High School for eight years, having accomplished a 163–91 record.
  
  Collegiate
  
  Professional record
  
  |-
  | style="text-align:left;"|New Orleans
  | style="text-align:left;"|
  |15||1||14||.067|| style="text-align:center;"|(fired)||—||—||—||—
  | style="text-align:center;"|—
  |-
  | style="text-align:left;"|Chicago
  | style="text-align:left;"|
  |26||11||15||.423|| style="text-align:center;"|5th in Midwest||—||—||—||—
  | style="text-align:center;"|Missed Playoffs
  |-
  | style="text-align:left;"|Detroit
  | style="text-align:left;"|
  |82||21||61||.256|| style="text-align:center;"|6th in Central||—||—||—||—
  | style="text-align:center;"|Missed Playoffs
  |-
  | style="text-align:left;"|Detroit
  | style="text-align:left;"|
  |82||39||43||.476|| style="text-align:center;"|3rd in Central||—||—||—||—
  | style="text-align:center;"|Missed Playoffs
  |-
  | style="text-align:left;"|Detroit
  | style="text-align:left;"|
  |82||37||45||.451|| style="text-align:center;"|3rd in Central||—||—||—||—
  | style="text-align:center;"|Missed Playoffs
  |- class="sortbottom"
  | style="text-align:left;"|Career
  | ||287||109||178||.380|| ||—||—||—||—
  
  References
  
  External links
   BasketballReference.com: Scotty Robertson
  
  1930 births
  2011 deaths
  20th-century Methodists
  21st-century Methodists
  American men's basketball coaches
  American men's basketball players
  American United Methodists
  Basketball coaches from Arkansas
  Basketball coaches from Louisiana
  Basketball players from Arkansas
  Basketball players from Shreveport, Louisiana
  Baton Rouge Red Sticks players
  C. E. Byrd High School alumni
  Chicago Bulls head coaches
  College men's basketball head coaches in the United States
  Deaths from cancer in Louisiana
  Deaths from lung cancer
  Detroit Pistons head coaches
  High school basketball coaches in the United States
  Indiana Pacers assistant coaches
  Louisiana Tech Bulldogs baseball players
  Baseball players from Shreveport, Louisiana
  Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball coaches
  Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball players
  Miami Heat assistant coaches
  New Orleans Jazz head coaches
  Phoenix Suns assistant coaches
  San Antonio Spurs assistant coaches
  Sportspeople from Fort Smith, Arkansas
  Sportspeople from Ruston, Louisiana
  University of Arkansas alumni
  University of Texas at Austin alumni