Eddie Sutton From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Eddie Sutton Title Head coach College San Francisco Sport Basketball Team record 6-13 Born March 12, 1936 (1936-03-12) (age 72) Place of birth Bucklin, Kansas Career highlights Overall 804-327 Championships SWC Regular Season Championship (1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982) SWC Tournament Championship (1977, 1979, 1982) SEC Regular Season Championship (1986) SEC Tournament Championship (1986) Big Eight Regular Season Championship (1992, 1995) Big Eight Regular Season Championship (1995) Big 12 Regular Season Championship (2004) Big 12 Tournament Championship (2004, 2005) Awards AP National Coach of the Year (1978, 1986) SWC Coach of the Year (1975, 1977, 1979, 1981) SEC Coach of the Year (1986) Big Eight Coach of the Year (1993) Big 12 Coach of the Year (1998, 2004) Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1958-1959 1959-1966 1966-1969 1969-1974 1974-1985 1985-1989 1990-2006 2007-2008 Oklahoma State (asst.) Central High School Southern Idaho JC Creighton Arkansas Kentucky Oklahoma State San Francisco Eddie Sutton (born March 12, 1936 in Bucklin, Kansas) is a former college head coach with 36-year of Division I coaching experience with stints at Creighton, Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma State (his alma mater), and The University of San Francisco. Sutton became the first coach to take four schools to the NCAA tournament, and he reached the Final Four with Arkansas in 1978 and Oklahoma State in 1995 and 2004. He is one of only six major college men's basketball coaches to have over 800 career wins. Contents [hide] 1 Career 1.1 Early years 1.2 University of Arkansas 1.3 University of Kentucky 1.4 Oklahoma State University 1.5 University of San Francisco 2 Head coaching record 3 Family legacy 4 Notes 5 External links [edit] Career [edit] Early years Eddie Sutton display in Gallagher-Iba Arena.Eddie Sutton played for OSU (known as Oklahoma A&M until his senior year of 1957–58) under legendary coach Henry Iba. While at Oklahoma A&M Sutton became a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity. In his college coaching career, Sutton was the head coach of Creighton, Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma State,and University of San Francisco. He has the rare distinction of having taken two schools (Arkansas and Oklahoma State) to the Final Four, and was the first coach to lead four schools to the NCAA tournament. Sutton's college coaching career began in 1967 in Twin Falls, Idaho, where he founded the men's basketball program at the College of Southern Idaho, a community college in only its third year of existence. The 1967–68 Golden Eagles posted

a 33–4 record and quickly became a consistent national contender at the community college level. Sutton left CSI in 1969 to coach at Creighton. It was with the Bluejays that he made his first coaching appearance in the NCAA tournament in 1974. [edit] University of Arkansas In 1974, Sutton took over an underperforming Arkansas program from Lanny Van Eman. Over the next 11 seasons, Sutton compiled a record of 260-75, including five Southwest Conference championships, nine NCAA tournament appearances, and a Final Four appearance in 1978. Sutton left Arkansas in 1985 to succeed Joe B. Hall at the University of Kentucky. Arkansas replaced Eddie Sutton with Nolan Richardson. [edit] University of Kentucky In 1985, Sutton took the helm of one of the nation's most prestigious college basketball programs at the University of Kentucky. He coached the Wildcats for four years, leading them to the Elite Eight of the 1986 NCAA Tournament. Sutton's tenure at Kentucky ended with a scandal that badly damaged the school's basketball program and his reputation. It broke out when an Emery Worldwide package sent to high school prospect Chris Mills from Kentucky assistant coach Dwane Casey popped open and $1000 in fifties jumped out. Another player, Eric Manuel, was believed to have received improper assistance on his college entrance exams and was ultimately banned from NCAA competition for life. The scandal roiled the Wildcats to the point that they suffered their first losing season in 63 years. The NCAA seriously considered hitting the Wildcats with the "death penalty", which would have shut down the entire basketball program (as opposed to simply being banned from postseason play) for up to two years. However, school president David Roselle forced Sutton and athletic director Cliff Hagan to resign. Sutton later admitted he didn't have enough control over the Wildcat program, but to this day claims he personally did nothing wrong. [edit] Oklahoma State University Sutton returned to Oklahoma State in 1990, appointed with the task of restoring the honor and tradition of Cowboy basketball that had laid dormant in the years leading up to his hiring. The Cowboys had only made postseason play three times since joining the Big Eight Conference in 1957. Given a second chance, Sutton soon went to work on reviving the Cowboys, and his coaching career. The Pokes began to turn around almost immediately with Sutton’s presence, and in 1991, Oklahoma State returned to the NCAA Tournament, ending their NCAA Tournament drought that had lasted since losing 56-53 to Princeton in 1983. Sutton’s Cowboys advanced all the way to the Sweet Sixteen his first two seasons as head coach. Sutton cemented the Cowboys’ return to the ranks of college basketball’s major powers in 1995 as the Pokes, with the leadership of ‘Big Country’ Bryant Reeves and Randy Rutherford, captured a share of the Big 8 Conference championship and won a bid to the 1995 NCAA Final Four in Seattle. Under his tutelage, the Cowboys reached the postseason 14 times in his 17 years in Stillwater (having declined an NIT bid in Sutton's sixth season as head coach), including 13 NCAA Tournament bids and two Final Four appearances. They also captured three regular-season conference titles and three conference tournament championships. He is the second-winningest coach in school history, behind only his mentor, Iba. On January 15, 2005, the court at Gallagher-Iba Arena at Oklahoma

State University was officially renamed Eddie Sutton Court. He was later honored for his contributions to the game of basketball and Oklahoma State University, on February 21, 2007. [edit] University of San Francisco On December 26, 2007, Sutton announced that he was coming out of retirement to replace Jessie Evans as head coach of the University of San Francisco's basketball team on an interim basis. On January 3, 2008, Sutton said he will most likely not coach after this season at San Francisco.[1] After joining the program with 798 career wins, Sutton garnered his 800th win on February 2, 2008, making him the fifth NCAA Division I men's basketball coach to reach the milestone. [1] [edit] Head coaching record Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason Southern Idaho JC () (1966–1969) 1966-1967 Southern Idaho JC 33-4 National AAU Tournament 1967-1968 Southern Idaho JC 24-6 1968-1969 Southern Idaho JC 27-4 Southern Idaho JC: 84-14 Creighton (Independent) (1969–1974) 1969-1970 Creighton 15-10 1970-1971 Creighton 14-11 1971-1972 Creighton 15-11 1972-1973 Creighton 15-11 1973-1974 Creighton 23-7 NCAA Regional Third Place Creighton: 82-50 Arkansas (Southwestern Conference) (1974–1985) 1974-1975 Arkansas 17-9 11-3 2nd 1975-1976 Arkansas 19-9 9-7 4th 1976-1977 Arkansas 26-2 16-0 1st NCAA First Round 1977-1978 Arkansas 32-4 14-2 T-1st NCAA Final Four 1978-1979 Arkansas 25-5 13-3 2nd NCAA Elite Eight 1979-1980 Arkansas 21-8 13-3 2nd NCAA First Round 1980-1981 Arkansas 24-8 13-3 1st NCAA Sweet Sixteen 1981-1982 Arkansas 23-6 12-4 1st NCAA First Round 1982-1983 Arkansas 26-4 14-2 2nd NCAA Sweet Sixteen 1983-1984 Arkansas 25-7 14-2 2nd NCAA First Round 1984-1985 Arkansas 22-13 10-6 2nd NCAA Second Round Arkansas: 260-75 139-35 Kentucky (Southeastern Conference) (1985–1989) 1985-1986 Kentucky 32-4 17-1 1st NCAA Elite Eight 1986-1987 Kentucky 18-11 10-8 NCAA First Round 1987-1988* Kentucky 25-5 13-5 NCAA First Round 1988-1989 Kentucky 13-19 8-10 Kentucky: 88-39 48-24 *SEC Tournament championship vacated, NCAA tournament wins erased due to an eligible player Oklahoma State (Big 8 Conference/Big 12 Conference) (1990–2006) 1990-1991* Oklahoma State 24-8 9-4 1st NCAA Sweet Sixteen 1991-1992 Oklahoma State 28-8 8-6 NCAA Sweet Sixteen 1992-1993 Oklahoma State 20-9 8-6 NCAA Second Round 1993-1994 Oklahoma State 24-10 10-4 NCAA Second Round 1994-1995 Oklahoma State 27-10 10-4 1st NCAA Final Four 1995-1996 Oklahoma State 17-10 7-7 turned down invite to NIT 1996-1997 Oklahoma State 22-7 11-5 T-5th NIT Second Round 1997-1998 Oklahoma State 22-7 11-5 T-2nd NCAA Second Round 1998-1999 Oklahoma State 22-10 10-6 T-3rd NCAA Second Round 1999-2000 Oklahoma State 27-7 12-4 T-3rd NCAA Elite Eight 2000-2001 Oklahoma State 20-10 10-6 3rd NCAA First Round 2001–2002 Oklahoma State 23-9 10-6 T-3rd NCAA First Round 2002–2003 Oklahoma State 22-10 10-6 T-9th NCAA Second Round 2003–2004 Oklahoma State 31-4 14-2 1st NCAA Final Four 2004–2005 Oklahoma State 26-7 11-5 3rd NCAA Sweet Sixteen 2005–2006 Oklahoma State 17-15 6-10 7th NIT First Round Oklahoma State: 362-149 153-90 *Big 8 Championship shared with Kansas San Francisco (West Coast Conference) (2007–2008) 2007–2008 San Francisco 6-13 5-9 San Francisco: 6-13 5-9 Total: 888-341 National Champion Conference Champion Conference Tournament Champion Reg. Season & Tournament Champion Conference Division Champion

[edit] Family legacy Eddie Sutton has three sons: Sean Sutton, the former head coach of Oklahoma State University, Scott Sutton, the current head coach of Oral Roberts University, and Steve Sutton, who is a successful banker (Spirit Bank) in Tulsa, Ok. Scott Sutton and Steve Sutton are also members of Sigma Chi Fraternity, along with their Father. [edit] Notes ^ McCauley, Janie, Associated Press (2008-01-03). "Sutton: Dons need more effort and defense to win in tough WCC", Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved on 5 January 2008. [edit] External links Eddie Sutton San Francisco Profile Eddie Sutton Oklahoma State Profile [show]v • d • eCreighton Bluejays head basketball coaches Mills • Kearney • Schabinger • Hickey • Belford • Hickey • Belford • Salerno • Mills • McManus • Sutton • Apke • Reed • Barone • Johnson • Altman [show]v • d • eArkansas Razorbacks head basketball coaches Schmidt • Bassett • Rose • Lambert • Askew • Rose • Waller • Van Eman • Sutton • Richardson • Heath • Pelphrey [show]v • d • eKentucky Wildcats head basketball coaches Sweetland • Iddings • Sweetland • Tigert • Brumage • Tigert • Boles • Gill • Buchheit • Applegran • Eklund • Hayden • Mauer • Rupp • Hall • Sutton • Pitino • Smith • Gillispie [show]v • d • eOklahoma State Cowboys head basketball coaches Hill • Schrieber • Davis • Griffith • Pritchard • Pixlee • Maulbetsch • Roddy • James • Iba • Aubrey • Strong • Killingsworth • Hansen • Hamilton • E. Sutton • S. Sutton • Ford [show]v • d • eSan Francisco Dons head basketball coaches Needles • Morrissey • Cameron • Twogood • Needles • Bussenius • Newell • Woolpert • Giudice • Peletta • Vukicevich • Gaillard • Belluomini • Barry • Brovelli • Mathews • Evans • Sutton • Walters Persondata NAME Sutton, Eddie ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Basketball player and coach DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1936 PLACE OF BIRTH Bucklin, Kansas DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Sutton" Categories: 1936 births | Living people | People from Ford County, Kansas | American basketball players | Oklahoma State University alumni | Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball players | American basketball coaches | Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball coaches | Creighton Bluejays men's basketball coaches | Arkansas Razorbacks basketball coaches | Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball coaches | San Francisco Dons men's basketball coaches | NCAA sanctions