Tom Edwards

Maj Tom Edwards USMC (ret) hails from South East, MN and served as an Artillery Officer for 20 years in the Marine Corps. Tom was the first women’s Navy Rugby team coach in 1995 and in just three years had the women’s team established as a club sport and playing in the National Semi-finals. This was a remarkable accomplishment, a testament to Tom’s coaching abilities and established Navy Women’s Rugby as a perennial National contender that continues today. Tom also was a two-year starter on the 1976 and 1977 teams and went on to play for the US Armed Forces, All- Marine teams and for Old Mission Bay Athletic Club.