Edwin Sweetland, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Edwin Sweetland

American college football coach, college basketball coach, college rowing coach, college athletics administrator

Date of Birth: 10-Jan-1875

Place of Birth: Dryden, New York, United States

Date of Death: 21-Oct-1950

Profession: basketball coach, rowing coach

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Edwin Regur Sweetland (January 10, 1875 – October 21, 1950) was a coach, trainer, 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.