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 Dickinson College is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1773 as Carlisle Grammar School, Dickinson was chartered on September 9, 1783, ...

from 1985 to 1992,

Colgate University Colgate University is a Private university, private college in Hamilton, New York, United States. The Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college was founded in 1819 as the Baptist Education Society of the State of New York ...

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. Its campus is now part of the University of Massachusetts Amherst In 2018, the University of Massachusetts Amherst acquired the campus and renamed it the Mount Ida Campus of UMas ...

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

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

Frostburg, Maryland Frostburg is a city in Allegany County, Maryland. It is located at the head of the Georges Creek Valley, west of Cumberland. The town is one of the first cities on the "National Road", US 40, and the western terminus of the Western Marylan ...

. 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

, an

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school in

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. 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

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Stevenson University Stevenson University is a private university in Baltimore County, Maryland with two campuses, one in Stevenson, Maryland, Stevenson and one in Owings Mills, Maryland, Owings Mills. The university enrolls approximately 3,615 undergraduate and g ...

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 (lat ...

. 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

multiple myeloma Multiple myeloma (MM), also known as plasma cell myeloma and simply myeloma, is a cancer of plasma cells, a type of white blood cell that normally produces antibody, antibodies. Often, no symptoms are noticed initially. As it progresses, bone ...

Head coaching record

College

References

External links

Stevenson profile
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