Eddie Sullivan was a member of the Oklahoma State wrestling team from 1971 through 1973 following an individual Oklahoma state wrestling championship in 1971. Sullivan transferred to the University of Central Oklahoma where he became an NAIA All-American in 1974. Following his athletic career Sullivan turned to coaching. Sullivan was the head wrestling coach at Cleveland Public Schools (1976-1978), the YMCA coach for Cushing Youth Wrestling (1982-1983), the head wrestling coach at Collinsville Public Schools (1983-1993), and an assistant wrestling coach at Sapulpa Public Schools (1993-1994). He then served as an assistant wrestling coach at Bristow from 1994 through 1998 before taking over as the head coach (1999-2010). Sullivan's teams at Bristow won state tournament titles in 1996, 1997, 2000, and 2001. He also coached 32 individual state champions and five NCAA All-Americans.