Robin’s professional  coaching began in 1989, where, his initial work involved consulting appointments to Clubs, and National Governing Bodies whilst at the same time setting up Triathlon Training Camps in the UK and Europe, something that he remains passionate about. 

Some 10 years later, he was appointed to the National High Performance Swimming Centre in Bath where he worked alongside Olympic Head Coach, Ian Turner, preparing Performance Centre swimmers for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. During this time he was also responsible for the coaching of GB Modern Pentathlete, Steph Cook who, went on to win Gold at the Sydney Games.

Following a successful period of International coaching Robin was appointed as the Director of Swimming of Kelly College (now Mount Kelly), taking over the reins from his farther Archie.  This remains a very special period in Robin’s coaching career who nurtured many of todays elite swimmers, such as Federico Burdiso ITA (ranked 3rd in the world 200m Fly) and also triathletes such as Flora Duffey (aged 15-18yrs) through their developmental years. 

Robin has also had a special connection with Para-Sport too contributing to the success of his three swimmers on the team swimmers at the Beijing Paralympics returning with 5 medals between them. Today, Robin still continues to support the GBR Paralympic programme and is coaching Lauren Steadman in preparation for the Tokyo Paralympics.

During the last twenty years, Robin’s unique style and holistic approach to coaching has helped many swimmers and athletes succeed at National, Commonwealth, European, World Championship and Olympics Games.