Trent finishes fifth for Eddie Robinson Award

[Jason Svoboda]

Southeast Missouri State snuck up on opponents early in the season, but by year's end everybody had noticed its remarkable turnaround.

Head coach Tony Samuel was rewarded Thursday night with the 2010 Eddie Robinson Award, which honors the Football Championship Subdivision's Coach of the Year. The Sports Network presents and Fathead.com sponsors the 24th annual Robinson Award.

Samuel captured 31 of the 130 first-place votes and 269 points. Western Illinois' Mark Hendrickson was the runner-up with 218 points, while Eastern Washington's Beau Baldwin, Wofford's Mike Ayers (who won the 2003 Robinson Award) and Indiana State's Trent Miles rounded out the top five.

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[new sycamore fan]

Mark Hendrickson being the runner up surprises me. WIU's turn around had more to do with Matt Barr staying healthy than the coaching. Plus the turmoil of the situation with Coach Patterson was behind them. Oh well, it's good to see the MVFC get the recognition, and I'm very interested in how the pre-season poll will look next year--they might as well throw all of the teams into a hat and pick them that way--it would probably be just as (or more) accurate than this past preseason's predictions.

 

[pbutler218]

Congrats Trent.Thanks for getting the football program headed in the right direction & for your pride of ISU & the community!!!!

 

[bent20]

I'd say fifth is pretty darn good, great even! It's nice to see that ISU's turn around has been noticed and appreciated.

 

[Sycamore Proud]

Fifth place is very good. But, I honestly thought he deserved higher. Congrats Coach! We are proud of you and your accomplishments at ISU.