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Rouse, Robbie
Robbie Rouse
- Title:
- Running Backs Coach
- Email:
- Robbie.Rouse@sdstate.edu
- Recruiting Area:
- Missouri
Robbie Rouse brought extensive experience both as a player and coach to the position of running backs coach for the Jackrabbit football team when he arrived in Brookings in 2023.
In serving on a national championship-winning coaching staff during the 2023 campaign, Rouse mentored a group of running backs that combined for more than 2,700 rushing yards. Isaiah Davis, who was named Co-Missouri Valley Football Conference Player of the Year and was a consensus All-America selection, led the Football Championship Subdivision in rushing yards (1,578), rushing touchdowns (18) and total touchdowns (19). Additionally, Amar Johnson rushed for 801 yards and was named to the all-MVFC Second Team as an all-purpose back.
Rouse returned to the Upper Midwest following a one-year stint at Cal Poly. He began his coaching career in 2017 as an offensive assistant at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minnesota, before helping lead Augustana (S.D.) to a berth in the 2018 NCAA Division II playoffs as the Vikings' running backs coach.
In 2020, Rouse moved up Interstate 29 to the University of North Dakota, where he mentored three players who received recognition from the Missouri Valley Football Conference over two seasons, including All-American Otis Weah. The Fighting Hawks earned a share of the MVFC title during the 2020-21 spring season and made an appearance in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.
As a collegiate player, Rouse set the Fresno State career rushing mark with 4,647 yards and 37 touchdowns from 2009-12. He became the first player in program history to record three 1,000-yard seasons and helped the Bulldogs reach a bowl game three times.
Rouse began his professional playing career as a member of the Cleveland Browns in 2013 before moving on to the Edmonton Eskimos in the Canadian Football League for parts of two seasons. He closed out his playing career as a member of indoor football teams, including the Nebraska Danger, Iowa Barnstrormers and Sioux Falls Storm.
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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.Â
In serving on a national championship-winning coaching staff during the 2023 campaign, Rouse mentored a group of running backs that combined for more than 2,700 rushing yards. Isaiah Davis, who was named Co-Missouri Valley Football Conference Player of the Year and was a consensus All-America selection, led the Football Championship Subdivision in rushing yards (1,578), rushing touchdowns (18) and total touchdowns (19). Additionally, Amar Johnson rushed for 801 yards and was named to the all-MVFC Second Team as an all-purpose back.
Rouse returned to the Upper Midwest following a one-year stint at Cal Poly. He began his coaching career in 2017 as an offensive assistant at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minnesota, before helping lead Augustana (S.D.) to a berth in the 2018 NCAA Division II playoffs as the Vikings' running backs coach.
In 2020, Rouse moved up Interstate 29 to the University of North Dakota, where he mentored three players who received recognition from the Missouri Valley Football Conference over two seasons, including All-American Otis Weah. The Fighting Hawks earned a share of the MVFC title during the 2020-21 spring season and made an appearance in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.
As a collegiate player, Rouse set the Fresno State career rushing mark with 4,647 yards and 37 touchdowns from 2009-12. He became the first player in program history to record three 1,000-yard seasons and helped the Bulldogs reach a bowl game three times.
Rouse began his professional playing career as a member of the Cleveland Browns in 2013 before moving on to the Edmonton Eskimos in the Canadian Football League for parts of two seasons. He closed out his playing career as a member of indoor football teams, including the Nebraska Danger, Iowa Barnstrormers and Sioux Falls Storm.
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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.Â
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