Eddie Robinson

Eddie Gay Robinson Sr February 13 1919 April 3 2007 was an American college football and basketball coach For 56 years from 1941 to 1942 and again from 1945 to 1997 he was the head coach at Grambling State University a historically black university HBCU in Grambling Louisiana During a period in college football history when black players were not allowed to play for southern college programs Robinson built Grambling State into a small college football powerhouse He retired in 1997 with a record of 40816515