:Eddie Robinson Award

{{infobox sports award

| name = Eddie Robinson Award

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| description = College football's top head coach in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision

| presenter = Stats Perform

| country = United States

| location = New York City

| year = 1987

| holder = Brent Vigen, Montana State

| website = {{URL|www.fcs.football}}

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The Eddie Robinson Award is awarded annually to college football's top head coach in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA). The award was established by The Sports Network, since merged into Stats Perform, in 1987 and is voted upon by the division's sports information directors and selected sports writers.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/misc/robinson.htm|title=Eddie Robinson Award|publisher=The Sports Network|access-date=2008-12-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110404060151/http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2%2Fmisc%2Frobinson.htm|archive-date=2011-04-04|url-status=dead}} 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.

Along with the Walter Payton Award and Buck Buchanan Award, it is presented the night before the annual NCAA Division I Football Championship.

Winners

bgcolor="#e5e5e5"\| Year	bgcolor="#e5e5e5"\| Winner	bgcolor="#e5e5e5"\| School
class="wikitable sortable"
1987	{{sortname\|Mark\|Duffner}}	Holy Cross
1988	{{sortname\|Bill\|Russo\|dab=American football}}	Lafayette
1989	{{sortname\|Erk\|Russell}}	Georgia Southern
1990	{{sortname\|Gene\|McDowell}}	UCF
1991	{{sortname\|Chris\|Ault}}	Nevada
1992	{{sortname\|Charlie\|Taaffe}}	The Citadel
1993	{{sortname\|Dan\|Allen\|dab=American football}}	Boston University
1994	{{sortname\|Jim\|Tressel}}	Youngstown State
1995	{{sortname\|Houston\|Nutt}}	{{cfb link\|year=1995\|Murray State Racers\|team=Murray State}}
1996	{{sortname\|Darren\|Barbier}}	Nicholls State
1997	{{sortname\|Andy\|Talley}}	Villanova
1998	{{sortname\|Paul\|Johnson\|dab=American football coach, born 1957}}	Georgia Southern
1999	{{sortname\|Mickey\|Matthews}}	James Madison
2000	{{sortname\|Joe\|Glenn\|dab=American football}}	Montana
2001	{{sortname\|Pete\|Lembo}}	Lehigh
2002	{{sortname\|Tommy\|Tate\|dab=American football}}	McNeese State
2003	{{sortname\|Mike\|Ayers}}	Wofford
2004	{{sortname\|Jerry\|Kill}}	Southern Illinois
2005	{{sortname\|Sean\|McDonnell}}	New Hampshire
2006	{{sortname\|Jerry\|Moore\|dab=American football, born 1939}}	Appalachian State
2007	{{sortname\|Mark\|Farley}}	Northern Iowa
2008	{{sortname\|Mickey\|Matthews}} (2)	James Madison
2009	{{sortname\|Henry\|Frazier III}}	Prairie View A&M
2010	{{sortname\|Tony\|Samuel}}	Southeast Missouri State
2011	{{sortname\|Rob\|Ambrose}}	Towson
2012	{{sortname\|Craig\|Bohl}}	North Dakota State
2013	{{sortname\|Craig\|Bohl}} (2)	North Dakota State
2014	{{sortname\|Sean\|McDonnell}} (2)	New Hampshire
2015	{{sortname\|Joe\|Moglia}}	Coastal Carolina
2016	{{sortname\|K. C.\|Keeler}}	Sam Houston State
2017	{{sortname\|Will\|Healy}}	Austin Peay
2018	{{sortname\|Dan\|Hawkins\|dab=American football}}	UC Davis
2019	Troy Taylor	Sacramento State
2020	Scott Wachenheim	VMI
2021	Deion Sanders	Jackson State
2022	John Stiegelmeier	South Dakota State
2023	Jimmy Rogers	South Dakota State
2024	Brent Vigen	Montana State

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20110404041344/http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2%2Fmisc%2Frobinson_history.htm Eddie Robinson Award] - Past winners from The Sports Network

Category:College football coach of the year awards in the United States

Category:Awards established in 1987