LETHBRIDGE, Alberta (AP) Rugby coach Ric Suggitt, who guided national teams for both the United States and Canada, has died. He was 58.
Suggitt, coach of the women’s team at the University of Lethbridge, died Tuesday from a medical complication, the school said in a release.
The Edmonton native led the U.S. women’s sevens team from 2010 through the end of the 2014-15 World Series season, helping the Americans qualify for the Rio Olympics and to a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games where it lost 55-7 to Canada in the final.
”I was always proud to call Ric a friend, enjoyed his company, and he frequently brought a smile to my face, as he did to so many,” USA Rugby CEO Dan Payne said in a statement.