Scott Sutton
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Scott Andrew Sutton (born June 3, 1970) is an American college basketball coach, currently an assistant coach at Oklahoma State. He was formerly the head coach at Oral Roberts, and is the all-time wins leader in school history[1] while leading ORU to three NCAA Tournament, two National Invitational Tournament and two CollegeInsider.com Tournament postseason appearances in 14 seasons. The Golden Eagles had won 20 or more games in seven of the past 10 seasons.
Current position | |
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Title | Assistant coach |
Team | Oklahoma State |
Conference | Big 12 |
Biographical details | |
Born | (1970-06-03) June 3, 1970 (age 53) Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1992–1994 | Oklahoma State |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1995–1999 | Oral Roberts (assistant) |
1999–2017 | Oral Roberts |
2017–present | Oklahoma State (assistant) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 328–247 (.570) |
Tournaments | 0–3 (NCAA Division I) 0–2 (NIT) 1–1 (CBI) 2–2 (CIT) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
3 Summit League tournament (2006–2008) 5 Summit League regular season (2005–2008, 2012) | |
Awards | |
3× Summit League Coach of the Year (2002, 2008, 2012) | |
Scott is the youngest son of college basketball coach Eddie Sutton. One of Scott's brothers is Sean Sutton, the former head coach of Oklahoma State.
Sutton is the second ORU coach since Ken Trickey (Dick Acres in 1984 was the other) to reach the NCAA tournament and only the fifth since Trickey to take ORU to postseason play. The others were Jerry Hale (NIT – 1975, 1977), Ken Hayes (NIT – 1982), Acres, and Bill Self (NIT – 1997), who coached Kansas to the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship.