Eddie Robinson Award Winners Year by Year

Last Modified Dec 31, 2024 15:27 GMT
Brent Vigen, 2024 Eddie Robinson Award winner. Image Source: @gettyimages

The Eddie Robinson Award is an annual honor in college football, presented to the top head coach in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The award was established by The Sports Network in 1987 and managed by Stats Perform as of December 2024. It is determined through casting votes by information directors and selected sports writers within the division. The award is named after Eddie Gay Robinson Sr., a legendary College Football Hall of Fame (1997) coach. Robinson coached football from 1941 to 1997 and basketball from 1943 to 1956 for the Grambling State Tigers.

List of Eddie Robinson Award winners year by year

The Eddie Robinson Award was first awarded in 1987 and the winner was Mark Duffner from Holy Cross. Brent Vigen from Montana State is the latest recipient of the award, as of December 2024. The award ceremony takes place the night before the NCAA Division I Football Championship, alongside the Walter Payton and the Buck Buchanan Awards.

YearWinnerSchool
1987Mark DuffnerHoly Cross
1988Bill RussoLafayette
1989Erk RussellGeorgia Southern
1990Gene McDowellUCF
1991Chris AultNevada
1992Charlie TaaffeThe Citadel
1993Dan AllenBoston University
1994Jim TresselYoungstown State
1995Houston NuttMurray State
1996Darren BarbierNicholls State
1997Andy TalleyVillanova
1998Paul JohnsonGeorgia Southern
1999Mickey MatthewsJames Madison
2000Joe GlennMontana
2001Pete LemboLehigh
2002Tommy TateMcNeese State
2003Mike AyersWofford
2004Jerry KillSouthern Illinois
2005Sean McDonnellNew Hampshire
2006Jerry MooreAppalachian State
2007Mark FarleyNorthern Iowa
2008Mickey Matthews James Madison
2009Henry Frazier IIIPrairie View A&M
2010Tony SamuelSoutheast Missouri State
2011Rob AmbroseTowson
2011Rob AmbroseTowson
2013Craig Bohl North Dakota State
2014Sean McDonnell New Hampshire
2015Joe MogliaCoastal Carolina
2016K. C. KeelerSam Houston State
2017Will HealyAustin Peay
2018Dan HawkinsUC Davis
2019Troy TaylorSacramento State
2020Scott WachenheimVMI
2021Deion SandersJackson State
2022John StiegelmeierSouth Dakota State
2023Jimmy RogersSouth Dakota State
2024Brent VigenMontana State

FAQs on Eddie Robinson Award Winners

A. Eddie Robinson won 17 championships.

A. The Eddie Robinson Award is an annual honor in college football given to the top head coach, as per Sportswriters.net.

A. Eddie Robinson sent more than 200 players to the NFL, as per Entertainment.howstuffworks.com.


A. Eddie Robinson retired in 1997.

A. Eddie Robinson had 408 wins at Grambling, based on the College Football Hall of Fame's Instagram account.

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