Eddie Robinson Award

Eddie Robinson Award

The Eddie Robinson Award is given annually to college football's top head coach in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), formerly I-AA. The award was established by The Sports Network in 1987 and is voted upon by the division's sports information directors and selected sports writers. The award is sponsored by the Football Writers Association of America. The award is named for Eddie Robinson, the College Football Hall of Fame coach who retired in 1997 after 56 years at Grambling State University.

YearHead CoachCollege 
2008Mickey MatthewsJames Madison University 
2007Mark ManginoUniversity of Kansas  
2006Greg SchianoRutgers University 
2005Charlie WeisUniversity of Notre Dame 
2004Urban MeyerUniversity of Utah 
2003Nick SabanLouisiana State University 
2002Jim TresselOhio State University 
2001Ralph FriedgenUniversity of Maryland, College Park 
2000Bob StoopsUniversity of Oklahoma 
1999Frank BeamerVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 
1998Phil FulmerUniversity of Tennessee 
1997Mike PriceWashington State University 
1996Bruce SnyderArizona State University 
1995Gary BarnettNorthwestern University 
1994Rich BrooksUniversity of Oregon 
1993Terry BowdenAuburn University 
1992Gene StallingsUniversity of Alabama 
1991Don JamesUniversity of Washington 
1990Bobby RossGeorgia Institute of Technology 
1989Bill McCartneyUniversity of Colorado at Boulder 
1988Lou HoltzUniversity of Notre Dame 
1987Dick MacPhersonSyracuse University 
1986Joe PaternoPennsylvania State University 
1985Fisher DeBerryUnited States Air Force Academy 
1984LaVell EdwardsBrigham Young University 
1983Howard SchnellenbergerMiami University 
1982Joe PaternoPennsylvania State University 
1981Danny FordClemson University 
1980Vince DooleyUniversity of Georgia 
1979Earle BruceOhio State University 
1978Joe PaternoPennsylvania State University 
1977Lou HoltzUniversity of Arkansas 
1976Johnny MajorsUniversity of Pittsburgh 
1975Woody HayesOhio State University 
1974Grant TeaffBaylor University 
1973Johnny MajorsUniversity of Pittsburgh 
1972John McKayUniversity of Southern California 
1971Bob DevaneyUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln 
1970Alex AgaseNorthwestern University 
1969Bo SchembechlerUniversity of Michigan 
1968Woody HayesOhio State University 
1967John PontIndiana University 
1966Tom CahillUnited States Military Academy 
1965Duffy DaughertyMichigan State University 
1964Ara ParseghianUniversity of Notre Dame 
1963Darrell RoyalUniversity of Texas at Austin 
1962John McKayUniversity of Southern California 
1961Darrell RoyalUniversity of Texas at Austin 
1960Murray WarmathUniversity of Minnesota 
1959Ben SchwartzwalderSyracuse University 
1958Paul DietzelLouisiana State University 
1957Woody HayesOhio State University 
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