tournament_record cfbhof_year championships death_date death_place coach_years birth_place overall_record coach_team coach_sport cfbdwid bowl_record sport cfbhof_id birth_date image article_title name
0 -- 3 -lrb- ncaa d-i-aa playoffs -rrb- 1997 football , 1972 , 1974 -- 1975 , 1977 , 1980 9 , 1983 , 1992 -rrb- 19 swac -lrb- 1960 , black 1965 -- 1968 , 1971 -- 1975 , 1977 -- college 1980 , 1983 , 1985 , 1989 , 1992 , national 1994 -rrb- -lrb- 1955 , 1967 3 april 2007 ruston , louisiana 1941 -- 1997 1943 -- 1956 jackson , louisiana 408 -- 165 -- 15 -lrb- football -rrb- grambling grambling football basketball 3118 9 -- 9 football , basketball 70042 13 february 1919 eddie robinson.jpg eddie robinson -lrb- american football coach -rrb-
 eddie robinson
eddie robinson -lrb- american football coach -rrb-

edward gay robinson -lrb- february 13 , 1919 -- april 3 , 2007 -rrb- was an american football coach .
he is the winningest coach in ncaa division i history and second winningest coach overall .
for 57 years from 1941 to 1997 , he was the head coach at grambling state university , a historically black university in louisiana .
robinson is recognized by many college football experts as one of the greatest coaches in history .
during a period in college football history when black players were not allowed to play for major college programs , robinson built grambling state into a `` small '' college football powerhouse .
he retired in 1997 with a record of 408 wins , 165 losses , and 15 ties .
robinson coached every single game from the field and was inducted into the college football hall of fame in 1997 .
