Coaches of the YearDIVISION I-AA COACH OF THE YEARDoug WilliamsGrambling StateRecord: 10-2SWAC championsBest season in six yearsReplacing a legend isn\'t easy. Just ask Doug Williams. But three years after the former NFL star returned to his alma mater to replace Eddie Robinson, Williams is starting to shake the shadow of the man who coached the Tigers for 56 years and prove he is more than capable of filling Robinson\'s oversized shoes. A year after Williams put the Tigers back in the winning column, he this year led them to a Southwestern Athletic Conference championship. Amassing a 6-1 conference record and a 10-2 record overall, Grambling finished ranked first in the Black College Poll and was ranked in the top 15 of Division I-AA overall. A Grambling legend in his own right for leading the Tigers to a SWAC championship in 1977 when he was one of the leading quarterbacks in the
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