Edwin Jeffrey Saugestad (January, 1937 – March 20, 2014) was an American ice hockey coach. From 1958 to 1996, he was the head hockey coach at Augsburg College in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He led the Augsburg hockey team to three National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics men's ice hockey championships and six consecutive Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships from 1976 to 1982. At the time of his retirement in 1996, he ranked second in career wins in NCAA Division III history. He received the John MacInnes Award in 2002 for his lifetime of contributions to amateur hockey and the Hobey Baker Legends of College Hockey Award in 2007. As of 2010, he ranks 18th all-time among college men's ice hockey coaches with 503 wins. Augsburg College Saugestad became the hockey coach at Augsburg College during his senior year at the school. He was both a player and coach on the team during the 1958–59 hockey season. Saugestad graduated in 1959 with a double major in physical education and biology. He also received a master's degree from the University of Minnesota in 1964. With the exception of a sabbatical in the 1990–91 academic year, Saugestad was the head ice hockey coach at Augsburg from the 1958–59 season through the 1995–96 season. In 37 years as the head hockey coach, he led Augsburg to three National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics ("NAIA") national hockey championships in 1978, 1981 and 1982. His Augsburg hockey teams also won six consecutive Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ("MIAC") championships from 1976 to 1982 and appeared in ten post-season tournaments. He coached 22 players who received All-American honors at Augsburg. Saugestad was also an instructor in the Health & Physical Education Department until 1996 and taught classes in, among other things, the physiology of exercise and health. He also served on the coaching staff for Augsburg's football team from 1959 to 1984. In December 1969, Saugestad was named the head football coach after Edor Nelson resigned the position. Saugestad was the head football coach during the 1970 and 1971 football seasons. From 1981 to 1987, he was also Augsburg's men's athletic director. In the fall of 1995, Saugestad's left kidney shut down, and he underwent six surgeries to diagnose and remove a non-malignant growth. As a result of his health problems, Saugestad announced at the end of November 1995 that the 1995–96 hockey season would be his last as a coach.