"Eddie Robinson held several jobs other than football coach, including teaching at Grambling High School, and coaching the girls
basketball team during World War II.
His girls team lost the state championship by 1 point. He also coached boys basketball, baseball, directed band and was in charge of the cheerleaders, with a budget of $46.
Robinson recorded just one losing season between 1960 and 1990; however, after three consecutive losing seasons in the mid-1990s, pressure mounted for the now 78-year old coach to resign. Fellow college coach
Joe Paterno is quoted in the Grambling State press guide as saying, "Nobody has ever done or ever will do what Eddie Robinson has done for the game.... Our profession will never, ever be able to repay Eddie Robinson for what he has done for the country and the profession of football."