Ric Suggitt

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.

Ric Suggitt
Date of birth(1958-10-30)October 30, 1958
Place of birthEdmonton, Alberta
Date of deathJune 27, 2017(2017-06-27) (aged 58)
Place of deathCalgary, Alberta
Rugby union career
Coaching career
Years Team
2010-2017
2004-2007		  United States Womens 7s
 Canada
 Canada Sevens
 Canada Womens
University of Victoria

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]

References
  1. Obituary
  2. teamusa.org (11 January 2010). "Ric Suggitt Appointed New Head Coach of U.S. Women's Sevens Team". Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  3. "Former Rugby Canada coach Ric Suggitt dies suddenly".


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