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Ray Robitaille was born in New York City and raised in the suburb of Long Island. He received his teaching credential in Physical Education from Central Connecticut State University (1979) where he played football and lacrosse. He received his Master's Degree in Athletic Administration from Azusa Pacific University (1993).
 
Ray has coached many sports for boys and girls at Laguna since 1980. He became the Athletic Director and served in that capacity from 1983-1993. He organized the first Laguna Blanca School Invitational Relays an event in which to this day, brings hundreds of potential families to the Laguna campus. He is credited for starting up the first lacrosse team for boys at Laguna in 1985, and the first football team at Laguna in 1999. He is responsible for establishing the UCSB Summer Day Camp for children (1981) at UC Santa Barbara.
 
In 1997 the flag pole in front of the Merovick gymnasium was named in his honor. Ray was also the recipient of the 2004 Laguna Blanca School Walk of Fame and was awarded Coach of the Year in 2005 from the Coast Valley League. That year the Owls were league champs (11-2) and went to the semi-finals in the CIF 8-man football playoffs. He is the founder of the Santa Barbara Lacrosse Club Inc. which has evolved into the current Santa Barbara Lacrosse Association in which Ray is one of the original board members.

Ray is married to his wife, April, and has three children.