Austin Peay State University head football coach Will Healy has been named the 2017 Eddie Robinson Award recipient. The Eddie Robinson Award is named after the legendary Grambling head coach and is given annually to the top coach in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) by STATS. Voting was conducted by a national panel of over 150 media relations and sports information directors, broadcasters, writers and other dignitaries.
Healy is the 31st recipient of the award. The 32-year old coach becomes just the third Ohio Valley Conference coach to ever receive the honor (Murray State’s Houston Nutt in 1995 and Southeast Missouri’s Tony Samuel in 2010).
In just his second season at the helm, Healy spearheaded one of the most remarkable turnarounds in college football history. Coming into the 2017 season with just one win in the last four years, Healy guided the Governors to an 8-4 mark, including an 8-1 record against Football Championship Subdivision competition. Austin Peay tallied seven OVC victories – the most conference wins in program history.
(Courtesy APSU Athletics)
