Named after one of the greatest college football head coaches of all time, the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award recognizes the best CFB coach at the Division I level.
It has been awarded annually since 1957, overlapping in part with Robinson’s incredible 56-year span as the head coach of Grambling State. All the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award winners are listed by year below.
Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award Winners Listed by Year
- 2022 – Sonny Dykes, TCU
- 2021 – Luke Fickell, Cincinnati
- 2020 – Jamey Chadwell, Coastal Carolina
- 2019 – Ed Orgeron, LSU
- 2018 – Bill Clark, UAB
- 2017 – Scott Frost – UCF
- 2016 – Mike MacIntyre, Colorado
- 2015 – Kirk Ferentz, Iowa
- 2014 – Gary Patterson, TCU
- 2013 – Gus Malzahn, Auburn
- 2012 – Brian Kelly, Notre Dame
- 2011 – Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State
- 2010 – Chip Kelly, Oregon
- 2009 – Gary Patterson, TCU
- 2008 – Nick Saban, Alabama
- 2007 – Mark Mangino, Kansas
- 2006 – Greg Schiano, Rutgers
- 2005 – Charlie Weis, Notre Dame
- 2004 – Urban Meyer, Ohio State
- 2003 – Nick Saban, LSU
- 2002 – Jim Tressel, Ohio State
- 2001 – Ralph Friedgen, Maryland
- 2000 – Bob Stoops, Oklahoma
- 1999 – Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech
- 1998 – Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee
- 1997 – Mike Price, Washington State
- 1996 – Bruce Snyder, Arizona State
- 1995 – Gary Barnett, Northwestern
- 1994 – Rich Brooks, Oregon
- 1993 – Terry Bowden, Auburn
- 1992 – Gene Stallings, Alabama
- 1991 – Don James, Washington
- 1990 – Bobby Ross, Georgia Tech
- 1989 – Bill McCartney, Colorado
- 1988 – Lou Holtz, Notre Dame
- 1987 – Dick MacPherson, Syracuse
- 1986 – Joe Paterno, Penn State
- 1985 – Fisher DeBerry, Air Force
- 1984 – LaVell Edwards, BYU
- 1983 – Howard Schnellenberger, Miami (FL)
- 1982 – Joe Paterno, Penn State
- 1981 – Danny Ford, Clemson
- 1980 – Vince Dooley, Georgia
- 1979 – Earle Bruce, Ohio State
- 1978 – Joe Paterno, Penn State
- 1977 – Lou Holtz, Arkansas
- 1976 – Johnny Majors, Pittsburgh
- 1975 – Woody Hayes, Ohio State
- 1974 – Grant Teaff, Baylor
- 1973 – Johnny Majors, Pittsburgh
- 1972 – John McKay, USC
- 1971 – Bob Devaney, Nebraska
- 1970 – Alex Agase, Northwestern
- 1969 – Bo Schembechler, Michigan
- 1968 – Woody Hayes, Ohio State
- 1967 – John Pont, Indiana
- 1966 – Tom Cahill, Army
- 1965 – Duffy Daugherty, Michigan State
- 1964 – Ara Parseghian, Notre Dame
- 1963 – Darrell Royal, Texas
- 1962 – John McKay, USC
- 1961 – Darrell Royal, Texas
- 1960 – Murray Warmath, Minnesota
- 1959 – Ben Schwartzwalder, Syracuse
- 1958 – Paul Dietzel, LSU
- 1957 – Woody Hayes, Ohio State
