Dave Swisegood

As the sun was setting Monday night, it was apparent that Dave Swisegood had coached his final baseball game of his illustrious career. His Southeastern Suns lost in the regionals to the Payson Seymour Indians in the Mendon Regional by the score of 17 to 2 ending his final season as a head baseball coach. Swisegood’s career covered 60 years and he leaves the game as the winningest high school coac

It took all of a matter of a few hours to accomplish what should have been done four years ago.  The name of Dave Swisegood sits atop the list of high school baseball coaches with the record for the most all time wins in the State of Illinois according to the Illinois High School Association.