He was named a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Award, which is given to the FCS top head coach, and finished ninth in the voting. He was then recognized as the top coach in the state as the Louisiana Sports Writers Association named him LSWA Coach of the Year.
Rebowe vowed to build the program by recruiting local talent, and his first three recruiting classes consisted of 58 Louisiana natives out of a total of 64 signees. In his first signing class, Rebowe welcomed 26 student-athletes, all from the Pelican State and the majority coming from within a 100-mile radius of Thibodaux.
Rebowe, who coached at Louisiana-Lafayette as an assistant for 11 seasons and was a former assistant coach at Nicholls for six years, not only brought a wealth of experience coaching at the collegiate level but has strong ties to the state of Louisiana having coached within the borders his entire career.
