Eddie Suech
# Eddie Suech

Edward D. Suech (1903 – February 13, 1977) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Saint Mary's College—now known as Saint Mary's University of Minnesota—in Winona, Minnesota from 1939 to 1947, compiling a record of 24–36–1. Suech was also the head basketball coach at Saint Mary's from 1939 to 1948, amassing a record of 97–68, the school's head baseball coach in 1940, tallying a mark of 2–9, and the athletic director at Saint Mary's from 1939 to 1948.

Suech attended Duluth Cathedral High School in Duluth, Minnesota. He was captain of the basketball team in 1922–23 and a teammate of Joe Benda. Suech later played football and basketball at Superior State Teachers College—now known as University of Wisconsin–Superior. He was appointed basketball coach at Duluth Cathedral in 1931.

Suech came to Saint Mary's in 1939 after coaching football and basketball for three years at Cretin High School in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Suech died at the age of 77, on February 13, 1977, at Valley View Hospital in Youngtown, Arizona.

## Head coaching record

### College football

| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Saint Mary's Redmen (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1939–1947) ||||||
| 1939 | Saint Mary's | 5–2 | 4–1 | 2nd |
| 1940 | Saint Mary's | 5–3 | 4–2 | 4th |
| 1941 | Saint Mary's | 4–3 | 3–2 | T–3rd |
| 1942 | Saint Mary's | 1–7 | 0–5 | T–8th |
| 1943 | Saint Mary's | 3–1 | NA | NA |
| 1944 | Saint Mary's | 1–6 | NA | |
| 1945 | Saint Mary's | 0–5 | 0–1 | T–6th |
| 1946 | Saint Mary's | 4–3–1 | 1–2–1 | 6th |
| 1947 | Saint Mary's | 1–6 | 0–4 | 8th |
| Saint Mary's: | Saint Mary's: | 24–36–1 | 12–17–1 | |
| Total: | Total: | 24–36–1 | | |
