Beginning in 1941, Eddie G. Robinson spent fifty-six years as head football coach at Grambling State University. He sent more than 200 players into professional football, four of whom were inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. On October 7, 1995, he became the first college football coach to break the 400-win barrier, a mark once thought unreachable. Over his career, he amassed 408 wins, won or shared 17 SWAC championships, and won 9 black college football national championships. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1997. He is one of only two college football coaches to have a museum in his honor on the campus where he coached.