Haywood was assured that after his sophomore season, the University of Detroit would hire Robinson, who’d become the first African-American head coach in NCAA Division I history. After Haywood put up 32.1 points and 21.5 rebounds per game and earned unanimous first-team All-American honors, the school passed over Robinson for another white coach, Jim Harding. Robinson still became Division I’s first African-American head coach, hired by Illinois State University in 1970.