Ed Leyden enters his 16th season as Head Coach of Suffolk University Women's Basketball. From 1980 until Coach Ed Leyden’s 1994 arrival on Beacon Hill, the women’s program at Suffolk University had an overall record of 85 wins and 201 losses.

Since 1994, Suffolk women’s basketball has averaged a remarkable 18 wins a year.

Among the team’s lengthy list of accomplishments are:

GNAC Coach of the Year -- Ed Leyden -- 1997, 1998, 2000, 2008
Most Wins in a Season -- 20 in 2007-08
GNAC Regular Season Title -- 2000
Top 25 Academic Team -- 2001, 2003 from WBCA
International competition -- 2003, first Suffolk team to play outside the United States, competing in the Sunshine Tournament in the Bahamas
NCAA Rankings -- 2003, 2005 Top 20 in Team Defense

Ed Leyden coached high school for 11 years. At Revere High School, his teams were 84-36, a .700 winning percentage. His teams won the Greater Boston League Title his last three seasons, going 44-1 in that stretch. Leyden was selected Coach of the Year twice by the Massachusetts Basketball Coaches Association. He was also named Boston Globe Coach of the Year. Ten of his former high school players were named captains of their college teams.

Leyden resides in North Reading with his wife Norma and their three children, Michael, Michelle and Daniel.

Leyden is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts. He received a Master’s Degree and Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies at Boston State College. He is Mathematics teacher at Revere High School. He won the Student Government Leadership Award in spring of 2007.

Suffolk Women’s Basketball Since 1994

Year Record
1994-95 5-17
1995-96 13-11
1996-97 12-13
1997-98 13-13
1998-99 18-8
1999-00 19-7
2000-01 18-8
2001-02 16-8
2002-03 11-15
2003-04 19-7
2004-05 17-10
2005-06 15-11
2006-07 18-10
2007-08 20-9
2008-09 14-12