Suiter, who retired after 24 years as the director of Martin Park and Recreation, taught health and human performance classes at Tennessee-Martin. He was the first head official for the Tennessee-Martin women's basketball program and in 1974 he became the first National Association for Girls and Women's Sports (NAGWS) state rated official. Suiter was the first Tennessee official to call a national tournament (1978) and was the first official basketball coordinator for the Tennessee College Women's Sports Federation (TCWSF) for both small and large colleges.
