Charles Robertson Jr. joined the Averett University men’s and women’s track and field programs as an assistant coach prior to the 2024-25 season.
Robertson ran track and cross country at Division I Campbell University from 2005-2009, where three times he was named to the Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team and received the Coaches Award in 2009.
Robertson has served as a Performance Trainer for Redline Athletics and Athletics Director for PreEminent Charter School. Prior to that, he was the head track and field coach and elementary physical education teach at Cardinal Charter Academy. He also had previous cross country and track and field coaching stints with Hobbton High School 2017-2021, where he won four conference championships and four times was named “Sampson County Coach of the Year.” He also coached two state champions. Robertson was an assistant coach at the Carolina Eagles USATF Track Club in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 2009.
Robertson has worked at Garner Parks Recreation (Town of Garner, North Carolina) and currently works at Clayton Parks Recreation (Town of Clayton, North Carolina) and Barwell Community Center (City of Raleigh Parks and Recreation) part-time.
Robertson also served his country as a captain in the United States Army from 2010-16. He deployed twice Afghanistan (2013) and Honduras (2014-2015).
Born in nearby South Boston, Virginia, Robertson began high school in Wuerzburg High School in Germany, where he broke a school record in the 4x800-meter as a freshman (still holds today) and finished high school at Meade High School in Ft. Meade, Maryland, where he guided his cross country team to the cross country championships his senior year and was named cross country, indoor track and outdoor track MVP his senior year, as well as recognized as the school’s “Male Athlete of the Year.” He also lettered twice in football and three times in basketball.
He graduated from Campbell with a bachelor’s degree in business administration in 2009. He later earned his master’s degree in secondary education from Liberty University in 2017, and he’s pursuing his Doctorate of Education in Sports Science from the United States Sports Academy.
Robertson is a USATF Level 1 certified coach.
Sports is a family affair for Robertson. His father competed in football and baseball for two years at Virginia Military Institute (VMI) and his sister--in-law and brother are the current head and assistant volleyball coaches at Florida International University in Miami, Florida.
Robertson currently resides in Raleigh, North Carolina. He has two sons, Layvin (7) and Cairo (3).
