Edward F. Sweeney (April 26, 1949 – January 28, 2017) was an

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coach. He served as the head football coach at

Dickinson College , mottoeng = Freedom is made safe through character and learning , established = , type = Private liberal arts college , endowment = $645.5 million (2022) , president = J ...

from 1985 to 1992,

Colgate University Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York. The college was founded in 1819 as the Baptist Education Society of the State of New York and operated under that name until 1823, when it was renamed Hamilton Theologi ...

from 1993 to 1995,

Frostburg State University Frostburg State University (FSU) is a public university in Frostburg, Maryland. The university is the only four-year institution of the University System of Maryland west of the Baltimore-Washington passageway in the state's Appalachian highlan ...

from 1996 to 1999, and

Mount Ida College Mount Ida College was a private college in Newton, Massachusetts. In 2018, the University of Massachusetts Amherst acquired the campus and renamed it the Mount Ida Campus of UMass Amherst. History The Mount Ida School for Girls, once a high sc ...

from 2000 to 2007, compiling a career

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coaching record of 114–110–4.

Coaching career

Dickinson

Sweeney was the head football coach at

Dickinson College , mottoeng = Freedom is made safe through character and learning , established = , type = Private liberal arts college , endowment = $645.5 million (2022) , president = J ...

Carlisle, Pennsylvania Carlisle is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in and the county seat of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Carlisle is located within the Cumberland Valley, a highly productive agricultural region. As of the 2020 United States census, ...

for eight seasons, from 1985 until 1992. His record at Dickinson was 56–23–3. While at Dickinson in 1989, Sweeney was named the Kodak Division II Coach of the Year.

Colgate

Sweeney coached for three seasons at

from 1993 through the 1995 season, ending with an overall record of 6–26–1. In his last season at Colgate, his team suffered a winless season with a record of 0–11.

Frostburg State

After coaching at Colgate for three seasons, Sweeney was named the tenth head coach at

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. He held this position from 1996 to 1999 and led his teams to accomplishing an overall record of 30–11 (.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.

Mount Ida

Sweeney took over in 2000 as head football coach at

, a

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school in

Newton, Massachusetts Newton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is approximately west of downtown Boston. Newton resembles a patchwork of thirteen villages, without a city center. According to the 2020 U.S. Census, the population of Ne ...

. He was the second head football coach at Mount Ida, as the program began in 1999 under head coach John Papas. Sweeney recorded his 100th win with a 25–23 triumph at on September 11, 2004.Mount Ida College: Faculty Biography
He resigned in January 2008. Sweeney's record at Mount Ida was 22–51.

Stevenson

On May 21, 2010, Sweeney was named

defensive coordinator A defensive coordinator is a coach responsible for a gridiron football (American football) team's defense. Generally, the defensive coordinator, the offensive coordinator and the special teams coordinator represent the second level of a team's c ...

Stevenson University Stevenson University is a private university in Baltimore County, Maryland with two campuses, one in Stevenson and one in Owings Mills. The university enrolls approximately 3,615 undergraduate and graduate students. Formerly known as Villa Julie ...

Stevenson, Maryland Stevenson is an unincorporated community located in the Green Spring Valley in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. From 1830 until 1955, this community was served by the Green Spring Valley Branch of the old Northern Central Railway (late ...

. The Stevenson Mustangs began play in 2011.

Death

Sweeney died on January 28, 2017, at a hospital in

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. He is survived by his daughters Kaitlin and Callie and his son Sean who were the loves of his life. He had been suffering from

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Head coaching record

College

References

External links

Stevenson profile
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