Robert Churchman enters his first season with the UTPB Football program as the Director of Football Operations and Tight End Coach
Before joining UTPB staff, Coach Churchman was the Head Coach for the SBB Vukovi football club in Belgrade, Serbia. Under Coach Churchman, the SBB Vukovi completed an 8-3 season finishing second overall in the SAAF.
For both the 2016 and 2017 seasons, Churchman was the Director of Football Operations at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas for Head Coach Larry Kennan. Â
Prior to joining UIW, Coach Churchman served as the special teams coordinator and Director of Football Operations at East Texas Baptist University for three seasons under Head Coach Joshua Eargle . Churchman helped the Tigers to an American Southwest Conference Championship in 2015, the first for the program since 2003.
Prior to his stint at ETBU, Churchman spent two seasons with Sul Ross State University, coaching linebackers and defensive line under Head Coach Wayne Schroeder.
Before getting into football, Coach Churchman was a civilian contractor with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a construction representative during the reconstruction and expansion of the Army's premier medical facility in the United States, SAMMC (San Antonio Military Medical Center), at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
Originally from Bulverde, Texas he is a graduate of Smithson Valley High School. Coach Churchman went on to receive a Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology and Sport Science from Sul Ross State University in 2013 before completing his Master of Education in Sports Science and Leadership from ETBU in 2014.