Ed Sweeney (football coach)

College coach infobox


Name = Ed Sweeney
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Sport = College football
College = Mount Ida College
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OverallRecord = 111-104-4 [http://www.mountida.edu/sp.cfm?pageid=313&id=19 Mount Ida College: Faculty Biography ] ]
Awards = 1999 Atlantic Central Football Coach of the Year
1989 Kodak Division II Coach of the Year
CFbDWID = 2716
Player = Trigger
Years = 1966-1969
Team = C.W. Post College [ [http://www.cwpostpioneers.com/Sports/football/2007/fbhofmembers.asp Long Island University C.W. Post Athletics - C.W. Post Football Hall of Fame Members ] ]
Position =
Coach = Trigger
CoachYears = 2000-"present"
1996-1999
1993-1995
1985-1992
1978-1984
CoachTeams = Mount Ida
Frostburg State
Colgate
Dickinson
Boston (asst)
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Ed Sweeney is a college football coach in the United States, having been the head football coach at four different college and univerities since 1985. He is one of the few coaches to achieve the mark of 100 wins with a 25-23 triumph at Maine Maritime Academy on September 11, 2004.

Dickinson College

Sweeney was the 33nd head football coach for the Dickinson College Red Devils in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and he held that position for eight seasons, from 1985 until 1992. [ [http://www.centennial.org/football/2008/guide/PDF/21-23-Dickinson.pdf Centennial Conference] "2008 Centennial Conference Football Prospectus"] His overall coaching record at Dickinson was 56 wins, 23 losses, and 3 ties. As of completion of the 2007 season, this ranks him second at Dickinson in terms of total wins and first at Dickinson in terms of winning percentage. [http://www.centennial.org/football/mediaguide/PDF/21-23-Dickinson.pdf] While at Dickinson in 1989, Sweeney was named the Kodak Division II Coach of the Year.

Colgate University

Sweeney coached for three seasons at Colgate University from 1993 through the 1995 season, ending with an overall record of 6 wins and 26 losses with 1 tie. For his last season at Colgate, his team suffered a winless season with a record of 0-11. [ [http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=2716 All-Time Coaching Records by Year ] ]

Frostburg State University

After coaching at Colgate for three seasons, Sweeney was named the tenth head coach at Frostburg State University in Frostburg, Maryland. [ [http://www.salisbury.edu/Athletics/pressrel/9900/9900pr1.htm SU Athletics [Press Releases: 1999-2000 ] ] He held this position from 1996 to 1999 and led his teams to accomplishing an overall record of 30 wins and 11 losses (.732). The 1996 team was the ECAC South Bowl Champion, while his 1999 squad won the Atlantic Central Football Conference Championship and also participated in the ECAC South Bowl. For his efforts, Sweeney was the Atlantic Central Football Coach of the Year in 1999. As of completion of the 2007 season, his coaching record ranking at Frostburg is third in total wins and first in winning percentage. [ [http://www.frostburgsports.com/sports/football/2007%20Guide/2007%20FB%20Web%20Guide.pdf 2007 FB Web Guide.indd ] ]

Mount Ida

Sweeney took over as head coach at NCAA Division III Mount Ida College in Newton, Massachusetts since the 2000 season. He was the second person to be the head coach at Mount Ida, as the program began in 1999 under head coach John Pappas. He resigned in January of 2008. Sweeney's record at Mount Ida is a total of 22 wins and 57 losses. [ [http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/independents/mount_ida/coaching_records.php Mount Ida Coaching Records ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.dickinson.edu/sports/ Dickinson College Official Athletics Website]
* [http://www.colgate.edu/DesktopDefault1.aspx?tabid=484 Colgate University Official Athletics Website]
* [http://www.frostburgsports.com/ Frostburg State University Official Athletics Website]
* [http://www.mountida.edu/sp.cfm?pageid=2157 Mount Ida College Athletics]