Mike Sutton (basketball)

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Mike Sutton
Biographical details
Born	(1956-03-21) March 21, 1956 (age 68) Farmville, North Carolina, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1978–1979	Lees-McRae (asst.)
1979–1980	Hoke County HS (asst.)
1980–1981	VCU (asst.)
1981–1994	Meadowbrook HS
1994–1995	Tulsa (asst.)
1995–1997	Georgia (asst.)
1997–2002	Kentucky (asst.)
2002–2011	Tennessee Tech

Accomplishments and honors
Championships
OVC regular season championship (2005)
Awards
OVC Coach of the Year (2005)

Mike Sutton (born March 21, 1956) is a retired American college basketball coach and the former head men's basketball coach at Tennessee Technological University.^[1] He took over in 2002,^[2] after Jeff Lebo departed to lead the basketball program at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

In April 2005, Sutton was diagnosed with Guillain–Barré syndrome, but he continued to coach, despite having to use a wheelchair.^[3]

On March 23, 2011, Sutton announced his retirement and Tennessee Tech promoted associate head coach Steve Payne to head coach.^[4]

References

^ "Mike Sutton: Comeback coach of all time". Tennessee Tech Athletics. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
^ "Mike Sutton". Tennessee Tech Athletics. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
^ Glier, Ray (27 January 2010). "Hobbled by Illness, Mike Sutton Perseveres at Tennessee Tech". New York Times. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
^ "Mike Sutton announces retirement as Golden Eagle head coach". 23 March 2011.

v t e Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles men's basketball head coaches
Preston Vaughn Overall (1924–1947) Hooper Eblen (1947–1948) Raymond Brown (1948–1955) John Oldham (1955–1964) Ken Sidwell (1964–1969) Connie Inman (1969–1976) Cliff Malpass (1976–1980) Tom Deaton (1980–1988) Frank Harrell (1988–1998) Jeff Lebo (1998–2002) Mike Sutton (2002–2011) Steve Payne (2011–2019) John Pelphrey (2019– )

v t e Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball 1997–98 NCAA champions
3 Allen Edwards 4 Steve Masiello 5 Wayne Turner 11 Saul Smith 13 Nazr Mohammed 14 Heshimu Evans 15 Jeff Sheppard (MOP) 33 Michael Bradley 34 Scott Padgett 42 Jamaal Magloire Head coach Tubby Smith Assistant coaches Mike Sutton George Felton Shawn Finney

Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year

1962: Diddle
1963: Oldham
1964: Luther
1965: Baechtold
1966: Oldham
1967: Fisher
1968: Brock
1969: Luther
1970: Oldham
1971: Oldham
1972: Strong
1973: Kelly
1974: Earle
1975: Richards
1976: Schalow
1977: Earle & Overton
1978: Smith
1979: Byhre
1980: Greene
1981: Haskins
1982: Deaton & Martin
1983: Greene
1984: Martin
1985: Deaton
1986: Huggins
1987: Good
1988: Newton
1989: Stewart
1990: Newton
1991: Loos
1992: Edgar
1993: Allen
1994: Edgar
1995: Allen & Fick
1996: Luther
1997: Loos
1998: Gottfried
1999: Anderson & Garner
2000: Lebo
2001: Lebo
2002: Lebo
2003: Loos
2004: Loos
2005: Sutton
2006: Cronin
2007: Loos
2008: Tyndall
2009: Campbell
2010: Kennedy
2011: Kennedy
2012: Prohm
2013: Byrd
2014: Byrd
2015: Prohm
2016: Ford
2017: Byrd
2018: Figger
2019: Byrd
2020: Hamilton
2021: Spradlin
2022: McMahon
2023: Spradlin
2024: Walker

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