Rob Lane is in his third season as an assistant coach and his fifth season as a member of Presbyterian's coaching staff after spending his first two seasons at Presbyterian as the program's Director of Basketball Operations.
In his four seasons at Presbyterian, the Blue Hose have earned two postseason tournament berths with back-to-back trips to the CBI (2024, 2025). He has coached six All-Big South selections and three Big South All-Freshman team honorees. Jaylen Peterson was named Big South Defensive Player of the Year in 2026, which was the first time a Presbyterian player had ever earned that award. The Blue Hose also began the 2023-24 season with a road victory at SEC foe Vanderbilt. In the 2024-25 season, the Blue Hose recorded seven Big South Conference wins, tying for the fourth-most Big South wins in school history. Presbyterian earned the fifth seed in the Big South Tournament, which was the highest Big South Tournament seed in the program’s history. In 2025, Presbyterian earned the NABC Team Academic Excellence Award for the first time in school history, recognizing its hard work in the classroom.In the 2025-26 season, Presbyterian also recorded seven Big South Conference wins, while advancing to the Big South Tournament semifinals for the first time in school history. The Blue Hose also won 10 games at home in the Templeton Center, which was the second-most home wins in Presbyterian’s DI era.
Lane came to Presbyterian after spending the 2021-22 season as an assistant basketball coach at Sarah Lawrence College. At Sarah Lawrence, he helped with skill development as well as opponent scouting and creating game plans. He played an integral role in helping the Gryphons make their third straight postseason appearance.
Before Sarah Lawrence, Lane was a graduate assistant at his alma mater, the University of Pittsburgh, from 2019-21. In that role, he assisted with day-to-day operations, video scouting and analytics, skill development, and on-campus recruiting. At Pitt, he played a role in the development of All-American Justin Champagnie.
As an undergraduate at Pitt, he was a four-year manager with the men’s basketball program. In 2019, the White Plains, New York native graduated from Pittsburgh with a degree in communications and a minor in sociology.
Lane and his wife, Bailee, reside in Fountain Inn, South Carolina with their daughter, Sophie (who was born in the summer of 2026).
