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UT Martin’s Jason Simpson finished 8th in voting for Eddie Robinson Award
UT Martin head coach Jason Simpson finished eighth out of 17 finalists for the 2021 Eddie Robinson Award, presented to the FCS National Coach of the Year. The award is named for the legendary Grambling State coach and since 1987 has honored the national coach of the year in college football’s Division I subdivision. Three former OVC coaches have won the award in Murray State’s Houston Nutt (1995), Southeast Missouri’s Tony Samuel (2010), and Austin Peay’s Will Healy (2017).