Career
After his playing days Jeremiah became the head coach for Dartmouth until his retirement in 1967. Player
Edward Jeremiah joined the Dartmouth Indians in 1926 after graduating from Hebron Academy. As was standard practice, Jeremiah sat out his freshman year before playing for a powerhouse squad that went 25-11-5 in his time on the ice.
After graduating Jeremiah joined the New Haven Eagles of the Canadian-American Hockey League, a precursor to the American Hockey League, spending part of three seasons with the team
Over the course of the 1931-1932 season, Jeremiah played for four separate teams: the Eagles, the Boston Cubs (another CAHL team), the New York Americans and the Boston Bruins. In his 15 combined games between the two National Hockey League teams Jeremiah recorded only one assistant
After 1933 Jeremiah bounced around between various minor league clubs before ending his playing days in 1935. Coaching
= Ice hockey After coaching the Boston Olympics for a brief time, Jeremiah returned to his alma mater as head coach beginning in 1937.
Taking over from Herbert Gill, Jeremiah continued Dartmouth"s winning tradition by setting a then-school record 18 wins in his first campaign and posted winning records in his first ten years behind the bench.
After leading the Indians to a 21–2 mark in 1941-1942, Jeremiah took the next three seasons off to serve in World World War II, returning to his job at Hanover after the conclusion of the war. In his absence (though he is sometimes still listed as head coach during the time), Dartmouth was undefeated for a National Collegiate Athletic Association record 46 consecutive games from 1942 to 1946 with the first 19 coming under his direction. After resuming his head coaching duties, and continuing with Dartmouth"s winning ways, the college hockey landscape began to change quickly.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association instituted a tournament with the 1947-1948 season and with a record of 20–3 that year Dartmouth was one of four team invited to participate.
All four teams returned the following year with Dartmouth avenging their loss by downing the Wolverines 4–2 in the 1949 semifinal, but were stymied once again in the title match, this time losing to Boston College 4–3. After 1949, Dartmouth began a slow decline from its lofty perch, recording only four winning seasons over the next 12 years.
Three months after retiring cancer claimed Jeremiah at the age of 61. Jeremiah was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1973 the New Hampshire Legends of Hockey in 2002 and named as the 2008 recipient of the Hobey Baker Legend of College Hockey Award among other honors.
= Other sports In addition to his ice hockey duties, Eddie Jeremiah also spent time as the head coach for both the freshman baseball and freshman football squads at Dartmouth, even spending a few years as the head coach for the upper-class baseball team (1947-1951).
