Edwin Sweetland

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Edwin Regur Sweetland

Date of birth	January 10, 1875
Date of death	October 21, 1951
Sport	Football
Title	Head Coach
Coaching Stats	College Football DataWarehouse
School as a player
1895-1896, 1898	Cornell
Position	tackle
Coaching positions
1899, 1903 1900-02 1904-05 1908 1909-10, 1912 1911 1913 1914 1915-18	Hamilton Syracuse Ohio State Colgate Kentucky Miami University West Virginia Tulane Alfred University

Edwin Regur Sweetland (January 10, 1875 - October 21, 1951) was a coach and athletic administrator at several universities, including Syracuse, Ohio State, Colgate, Kentucky, Miami University, West Virginia, Tulane, and Alfred University. During his career he has been head coach of football, basketball, track and field and crew. He is best known for being the first paid coach of the University of Kentucky Wildcats basketball team and founding the Syracuse University Crew. Sweetland attended Union College and was graduate of Cornell in 1899 with a Bachelors of Science in Agriculture.^[1]

Contents 1 College athlete 2 College coaching career 2.1 Hamilton College 2.2 Syracuse University 2.3 The Ohio State University 2.4 Colgate University 2.5 University of Kentucky 2.6 Miami University 2.7 West Virginia University 2.8 Tulane University 2.9 Alfred University 3 After coaching 4 External links 5 Notes 6 References

[edit] College athlete

When he attended Cornell, Sweetland rowed on the Varsity crew, and played tackle on the football team. Sweetland lettered in football in 1895, 1896, and 1898. In his football playing career he played for three different coaches: Marshall Newell, Joseph Beacham, and Glenn "Pop" Warner. By far the best team Sweetland played on was the 1898 team coached by legendary coach Pop Warner. The team finished the season 10-2 outscoring their opponents by a score of 296 - 29. Sweetland was a considered one of the top players in the early years of Big Red football. The New York Sun named Sweetland to the 2nd team of the all-time Cornell football team in an article on January 29, 1927.^[2]

[edit] College coaching career

[edit] Hamilton College

After graduation Sweetland took his first coaching job as the head football coach at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. He led the 1899 squad to an 8-2-1 record. He left for Syracuse University after his first season but returned and coached the 1903 football team to a 6-3-record. During that season Hamilton football team ran in to financial troubles and was unable to meet the financial offers from other institutions for Sweetland services and he left after the season.^[3]

Hamilton football record

Year	Overall	(Conf./place)	Bowl Game
1899	8-2-1		None
1903	6-3		None

[edit] Syracuse University

In 1900 Sweetland became head coach for the Syracuse University Orange football team. He coached three years with a combined record of 20–5- 2. Sweetland also became Syracuse's first crew coach in 1900 and remained there for three years.. Chancellor James Roscoe Day assisted the rowing team by persuading Lyman Cornelius Smith to donate equipment. The Orange made its first appearance at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association Regatta on the Hudson River in 1901. The next year Sweetland resigned and was replaced in 1903 by James A. Ten Eyck.

Syracuse football record

Year	Overall	(Conf./place)	Bowl Game
1900	7-2-1		None
1901	6-2		None
1902	6-2-1		None

[edit] The Ohio State University

In 1904 Sweetland became head coach for Ohio State University football team. In his first year he led the Buckeyes to a 6-5 record. Of the Five losses only one was conference (Ohio Athletic Conference) rival, a close 4-2 decision to Oberlin. "Expectations were high for the 1904 team, driving the athletic association to purchase 1,500 additional bleacher seats to be installed on the east side of University Field. Unfortunately, the team and the expected crowds fell way short of all expectations." ^[4] Even with the disappointing season Sweetland’s team did accomplished a first in Ohio State history. It was the first Buckeye team to cross the goal line against University of Michigan. The touchdown was scored by the Buckeye's when Bill Marquardt when he returned a fumble fifty yards. ^[5] The next year he and the Buckeyes improved to 8-2-2. This team did not give up any points in Ohio Athletic Conference games. They did have a 0-0 tie to Case Institute of Technology. Case won the conference do to the fact they played and won two more games in conference than the Buckeyes. The two losses that season were to future Big Ten Conference rivals University of Michigan (0-40) and Indiana University (0-11). He finished with a combined record of 14–7-2 in his two years as the Buckeyes head man. Sweetland also coached the Buckeye’s track and field team. With a victory over Oberlin in a dual meet by a score of 52-33 the Buckeyes won the state championship for 1905 ^[6]

Ohio State football record

Year	Overall	(Conf./place)	Bowl Game
1904	6-5	(2-1/2nd)	None
1905	8-2-2	(2-0-1/2nd)	None

[edit] Colgate University

Sweetland led Colgate to a wining record in his only season as the Red Raiders coach. After getting shut out in 3 of the first 4 games of the season, the Raiders were able to turn the season around with a strong finish. The offence out scored, Union, Syracuse and Hamilton by 53 to 4 in the last four game to secure a wining record.

Colgate football record

Year	Overall	(Conf./place)	Bowl Game
1908	4-3		None

[edit] University of Kentucky

Sweetland served as the Wildcats first athletic director as well as head coach of the football and basketball teams. He was the first paid coach for the Kentucky’s basketball team. Before he arrived the team only had managers. In his first year the basketball team finished 4-8. R.E. Spahr assumed coaching duties during the season when Sweetland became ill. He was replaced by Harold Iddings for the 1910-1911 season but returned for the 1911-1912 season. His second stint as coach went better then his first. The Wildcats posted an undefeated season with a record of 9-0. As the football coach of the Wildcats, he also enjoyed successes. Sweetland compiled a 23-5 mark in three seasons. He coached the team for the 1909, 1910 and 1912 seasons. His best year was 9-1 in his first year as coach. He did not coach the Wildcats in the 1911 season because he was head football coach at Miami University. Before the 1912-1913 basketball season, Sweetland “resigned abruptly due to an embarrassing incident where a fire was set on campus by a pair of former students which partly implicated the athletic department.” ^[7]

Kentucky football record

Year	Overall	(Conf./place)	Bowl Game
1909	9-1		None
1910	7-2		None
1912	7-2		None

[edit] Miami University

In 1911 Sweetland left for one year to coach Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Sweetland replaced Harold Iddings who ended up replacing Sweetland as head basketball coach at UK. After scoring a 46-0 victory over Wilmington, Miami’s offence only scored 11 points and finished the season 2-4-2. One of his team’s losses was to his former employer the University of Kentucky by the score of 0-12. He returned to coach the Wildcats for the 1912 season. He was the last head coach to leave Miami with a losing record until 1989 when Tim Rose‘s contract was not renewed.

Miami football record

Year	Overall	(Conf./place)	Bowl Game
1911	2-4-2	(1-3-1/9th)	None

[edit] West Virginia University

After the second stint at Kentucky, Sweetland moved on to West Virginia University for the 1913 season. After starting the season with two convincing wins over Davis & Elkins College and Waynesburg the Mountaineer stumbled the rest of the way to a 3-4-2 record. This did not sit well with West Virginia fans and alumni. “When WVU lost to (West Virginia) Wesleyan for the second straight season, 21-0, outraged alumni called for the hiring of a nationally known coach.” ^[8]

West Virginia football record

Year	Overall	(Conf./place)	Bowl Game
1913	3-4-2		None

[edit] Tulane University

In his only year as the Head coach for the Green Wave, Sweetland, had a record to 3-3-1. The highlight of the season was an 82-0 victory over Centenary and a 0-0 tie with archrival LSU in the season finale.

Tulane football record

Year	Overall	(Conf./place)	Bowl Game
1914	3-3-1		None

[edit] Alfred University

After leaving Tulane, Sweetland returned to his native Western New York and spent several seasons in a part time job as football coach at Alfred University. He took over the team in 1915 and coached it to a 4-2 record. The biggest win was a 13-7 victory over nearby Syracuse University’s freshman team. Under Sweetland leadership Saxons won regularly, posting a 17-5-0 record during his four years as coach. In 1917 he led Alfred to the school’s first unbeaten and untied season.

[edit] After coaching

After coaching he very involved in Dryden, New York and Tompkins County politics including serving as county Supervisor and was also a member of the county draft board.

[edit] External links

• Miami official site
• UK official site
• OSU official site
• WVU official site
• Tulane official site
• Syracuse official site
• Colgate official site
• NCAA official site

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• Miami 2005 media guide
• Tulane 2005 media guide
• OAC media guide
• Obituary
• year by year record
• Alfred Football History
• ohio state history on nationalchamps.net
• Syracuse history
• Colgate history
• Cornell 2006 Media Guide

Preceded by John Pulman	Hamilton Head Football Coaches 1899	Succeeded by Ralph W. Rymer
Preceded by Frank E. Wade	Syracuse Head Football Coaches 1900-1902	Succeeded by Jason B. Parish & Ancil C. Brown
Preceded by first coach	Syracuse Head Rowing Coaches 1901-1903	Succeeded by James A. Ten Eyck
Preceded by Chauncey L. Berrien	Hamilton Head Football Coaches 1903	Succeeded by Leigh C. Turner
Preceded by Perry Hale	Ohio State Head Football Coaches 1904-1905	Succeeded by Albert E. Herrnstein
Preceded by Bill Warner	Colgate Head Football Coaches 1908	Succeeded by Gus Brown
Preceded by J. White Guyn	University of Kentucky Head Football Coaches 1909-1910	Succeeded by P.P. Douglass
Preceded by first paid coach	University of Kentucky Head Basketball Coaches 1909-1910	Succeeded by Harold Iddings
Preceded by Harold Iddings	Miami University Head Football Coaches 1911	Succeeded by James Donnelly
Preceded by Harold Iddings	University of Kentucky Head Basketball Coaches 1911-1912	Succeeded by John T. Tigert
Preceded by P.P. Douglass	University of Kentucky Head Football Coaches 1912	Succeeded by Alpha Brumage
Preceded by William P. Edmunds	West Virginia University Head Football Coaches 1913	Succeeded by Sol S. Metzger
Preceded by A. C. Hoffman	Tulane University Head Football Coaches 1914	Succeeded by Clark Shaughnessy
Preceded by ???	Alfred University Head Football Coaches 1915-1918	Succeeded by Aloysius Wesbeacher