Ric Suggitt Explained

Birth Date:30 October 1958
Birth Place:Edmonton, Alberta
Death Place:Calgary, Alberta
Coachyears1:2010-2017
Coachyears2:2004-2007
Coachteams1: Womens
Coachteams4: Womens

Richard Allan "Sluggo" Suggitt[1] (October 30, 1958 – June 27, 2017) was a Canadian rugby union footballer and a rugby union coach. Ric was also the head coach of the USA Women's 7's Olympic team[2] and was the head coach at University of Lethbridge.

He had to leave competitive rugby at a young age due to successive shoulder injuries. Then, he began his international coaching career.

Suggitt was the coach of the female Canada national team and the men's national seven-a-side team, when he was appointed to the post of coach of the male Canada national rugby union team, in 2004. Under Suggitt the national team achieved qualification to the 2007 Rugby World Cup by beating the USA Eagles 56–7. The World Cup was not so successful and disappointingly only reached a 12–12 draw with Japan. In March 2008, he was replaced by New Zealand coach Kieran Crowley. Suggitt died on June 27, 2017, at the age of 58.[3]

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  1. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/edmontonjournal/obituary.aspx?n=richard-allan-suggitt-sluggo&pid=186005932 Obituary
  2. Web site: Ric Suggitt Appointed New Head Coach of U.S. Women's Sevens Team . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924130716/http://www.teamusa.org/News/2010/January/11/Ric-Suggitt-Appointed-New-Head-Coach-of-U-S-Women-s-Sevens-Team . dead . September 24, 2015 . teamusa.org . 11 January 2010 . 15 May 2015.
  3. Web site: Former Rugby Canada coach Ric Suggitt dies suddenly.