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PHILADELPHIA - Eastern Illinois head football coach
Dino Babers was the national runner-up for the Eddie Robinson FCS Coach of the Year Award announced by the Sports Network on Monday afternoon. The award will be presented to North Dakota State head coach Craig Bohl on Monday evening at the awards ceremony in Philadelphia.
Babers finished with 370 total points, including 34 first-place votes, 32 second-place votes, 12 third-place vote, 16 fourth-place votes and 4 fifth-place votes. Bohl finished with 418 points (42 first-place votes) in winning the award for the second-straight year.
Babers led the Panthers to a 11-1 regular season and No. 2 national ranking. The Panthers advanced to the FCS playoff quarterfinals as the No. 2 seed in the playoffs. EIU ended the year at 12-2 as they won their first post-season game since the 1989 season.
During the season EIU smashed several school and Ohio Valley Conference records ranking in the top three all season in scoring offense, total offense and passing offense. EIU senior quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo led the offensive attack and is one of three finalists invited to Philadelphia for tonight's Walter Payton Award ceremony.
Babers was the OVC Coach of the Year for the second straight season and the AFCA Region 3 Coach of the Year for the second straight year. Last year he was third in the Eddie Robinson Award voting after leading EIU from a 2-9 season in 2011 to a 7-5 record and OVC championship.
Tennessee State's Rod Reed was the only other OVC coach among the 21 finalists; Reed finished 18th overall (17 total points)
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2013 Eddie Robinson Award Voting |
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Name |
School |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
Total |
|
1. Craig Bohl |
North Dakota St. |
42 |
24 |
26 |
11 |
12 |
418 |
|
2. Dino Babers |
Eastern Illinois |
34 |
32 |
12 |
16 |
4 |
370 |
|
3. Jack Cosgrove |
Maine |
18 |
16 |
18 |
21 |
10 |
260 |
|
4. Ron Roberts |
SE Louisiana |
16 |
9 |
15 |
9 |
12 |
191 |
|
5. Joe Moorhead |
Fordham |
7 |
14 |
13 |
10 |
15 |
165 |
|
6. Beau Baldwin |
Eastern Washington |
7 |
8 |
11 |
17 |
12 |
146 |
|
7. Mark Nofri |
Sacred Heart |
5 |
13 |
8 |
8 |
16 |
133 |
|
8. Jamey Chadwell |
Charleston So. |
7 |
4 |
13 |
7 |
14 |
118 |
|
9. Joe Moglia |
Coastal Carolina |
2 |
6 |
8 |
12 |
9 |
91 |
|
10. Ed Lamb |
Southern Utah |
1 |
4 |
5 |
7 |
17 |
67 |
|
11. Bobby Lamb |
Mercer |
1 |
4 |
6 |
9 |
5 |
62 |
|
12. Jay Hopson |
Alcorn State |
4 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
37 |
|
T13. Bob Surace |
Princeton |
1 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
27 |
|
T13. Bruce Fowler |
Furman |
0 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
27 |
|
15. Matt Viator |
McNeese State |
0 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
26 |
|
16. Buddy Pough |
South Carolina St. |
0 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
23 |
|
17. Russ Huesman |
UT-Chattanooga |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
21 |
|
18. Rod Reed |
Tennessee State |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
17 |
|
19. Jim Parady |
Marist |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
20. Jimmye Laycock |
William & Mary |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
21. Eric Wolford |
Youngstown St. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |