Ed Swenson

Edward C. Swenson (1917 – December 31, 2001) was an American football, basketball, and soccer coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Bridgewater State College in Bridgewater, Massachusetts from 1960 to 1967.[1] As the athletic director at Bridgewater State, Swenson was instrumental in getting football reinstated as a varsity sport in 1960 after the program had been shut down for 30 years.[2] Swenson was also a founding member of the New England Football Conference.[3]

Ed Swenson

Biographical details
Born	1917
Died	December 31, 2001 (aged 84) Lady Lake, Florida
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1960–1967	Bridgewater State
Football
1949–1963	Bridgewater State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1949–1977	Bridgewater State
Head coaching record
Overall	14–33 (football)

Swenson died on December 31, 2001, in Lady Lake, Florida.[4][5]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Bridgewater State Bears (NAIA independent) (1960–1964)
1960	Bridgewater State	1–3
1961	Bridgewater State	3–2
1962	Bridgewater State	1–3
1963	Bridgewater State	2–5
1964	Bridgewater State	0–7
Bridgewater State Bears (New England Football Conference) (1965–1967)
1965	Bridgewater State	0–6
1966	Bridgewater State	3–4
1967	Bridgewater State	4–3
Bridgewater State:		14–33
Total:		14–33

References

1. "Edward Swenson". bsubears.com. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
2. Tartari, Jim. BSC Football: The Swenson Era (PDF). alumni.bridgew.edu. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
3. "Edward Swenson". bsubears.com. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
4. "Swenson". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. January 3, 2002. p. 29. Retrieved December 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
5. Harber, Paul (January 20, 2002). "Bridgewater loses sports pioneer". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 256. Retrieved December 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .

External links

• Bridgewater State Hall of Fame profile