Edwin Sweetland
Sweetland in 1898
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| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, track, rowing |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
January 10, 1875 Dryden, New York |
| Died | October 21, 1950 (aged 75) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1894 | Union |
| 1895–1896 | Cornell |
| 1898 | Cornell |
| Rowing | |
| 1898–1899 | Cornell |
| Position(s) |
Guard, tackle (football) #5 (rowing) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1899 | Hamilton |
| 1900–1902 | Syracuse |
| 1903 | Hamilton |
| 1904–1905 | Ohio State |
| 1908 | Colgate |
| 1909–1910 | Kentucky |
| 1911 | Miami (OH) |
| 1912 | Kentucky |
| 1913 | West Virginia |
| 1914 | Tulane |
| 1915–1917 | Alfred |
| 1919 | Alfred |
| Basketball | |
| 1909–1910 | Kentucky |
| 1911–1912 | Kentucky |
| 1914–1915 | Tulane |
| Track | |
| 1905 | Ohio State |
| 1907 | Colgate |
| 1915 | Tulane |
| Rowing | |
| 1901–1902 | Syracuse |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1912–1913 | Kentucky |
| 1913–1914 | West Virginia |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 100–41–10 (football) 15–11 (basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| Football 3rd team All-American, 1898 |
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Edwin Regur Sweetland (January 10, 1875 – October 21, 1950) was a coach and athletic administrator at several American universities. During his coaching career he was head coach of many sports including basketball, track and field and crew, but the majority of for his coaching work was in football. Though mainly known for football, he left his mark on several other sports. He was the first paid coach of the Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team and the Syracuse University rowing team.
Sweetland attended Union College and was graduate of Cornell University in 1899. A gifted athlete, Sweetland was on the varsity football team at Union and Cornell and the varsity rowing team at Cornell. At Cornell he was coached by Hall of Fame coaches Pop Warner in football and Charles E. Courtney in rowing.
Sweetland was born to George Sweetland and Hannah Marsh Sweetland on January 10, 1875 in Dryden, New York. He had several brothers and sisters. One of his brothers was Monroe Marsh Sweetland, who founded Delta Chi fraternity while a law student at Cornell University. Another brother, Dr. George James Sweetland, was captain of the Union College football team in 1895 and later the athletic director and head football coach at University of North Dakota.
After attending Union College for one year, Sweetland transferred to Cornell University, where he graduated in 1899 with a Bachelor of Science degree in agriculture. At Cornell, he was member of Phi Gamma Delta and the Sphinx Head Society. A talented athlete, Sweetland rowed on the varsity crew team, and played tackle on the football team at Cornell. Sweetland was a considered one of the top players in the early years of Big Red football. The Sun named Sweetland to the second team of the all-time Cornell football team in an article on January 29, 1927.
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