Robert Tate was hired as Head Boys Basketball coach at Horizon Science Academy in 2014 after a three year stint as Head Girls Coach at Horizon Science. Creating a basketball community at Horizon Science Academy has been the goal for Coach Tate since he started coaching at the school in 2010. This year Coach Tate accepted a new role at Horizon High School as the Director of Discipline. He hopes this new position will help with his goal  of making student athletes responsible not entitled. Coach Tate achieved his Bachelor’s degree from Union Institute, and his Masters from Grand Canyon University. He currently resides in Reynoldsburg, Ohio but was raised in Zanesville, Ohio. He has two sons Kevin and Keenan. He also has a handsome grandson named Mathias.