Dickey Nutt
Dickey Nutt (born June 13, 1959)
Current position: Senior Advisor & Assistant to the Head Coach
Current team: Missouri Tigers (Head coach: Dennis Gates)
Current conference: Southeastern Conference (SEC)
Teams coached: Arkansas State Red Wolves, Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
Arkansas State record: 159-187 (.460) **
Southeast Missouri State record: 80-108 (.426)
Overall record^: 239-295 (.448) **
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (1999)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- Sun Belt Regular Season Champion: 2 (1998, 2007)
- Sun Belt Tournament Champion: 1 (1999)
Awards:
- Sun Belt Coach of the Year: 1 (1998)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2024-present | Missouri (senior advisor) |
| 2022-2024 | Missouri (asst) |
| 2021-2022 | Gaston College |
| 2019-2021 | Cleveland State (special asst) |
| 2018-2019 | Stetson (asst) |
| 2015-2018 | Florida State (video coordinator) |
| 2009-2015 | Southeast Missouri State |
| 1995-2008 | Arkansas State |
| 1987-1995 | Arkansas State (asst) |
| 1985-1987 | Oklahoma State (asst) |
Dickey Nutt Facts
- David Albert Nutt
- Born June 13, 1959
- Hometown: Little Rock, Arkansas
- Alma Mater: Oklahoma State University (BA, 1982)
- Has two brothers, former Texas State head coach Dennis Nutt and former SEC football coach Houston Nutt
- Played basketball at Oklahoma State from 1977-82 for head coaches Jim Killingsworth and Paul Hansen
- First coaching job was as an assistant at Stillwater HS (OK) located near the OSU campus
- Became an assistant with the Cowboys in 1985, spending one year each assisting Hansen and Leonard Hamilton
- Returned to his home state in 1987, assisting Nelson Catalina at Arkansas State for eight seasons
- Took over as the head coach of the Red Wolves’ in 1995, leading the program for the next 13 years
- Went 159-187 overall, not including 30 wins that were later vacated by the NCAA
- Reached the NCAA Tournament in 1999 and won the Sun Belt title in both 1998 and 2007
- Resigned after the 2007-08 season; later stated that he had only been offered a one-year extension by the school
- After a year off, Nutt was hired as the head coach at Southeast Missouri State in the OVC
- Was 80-108 in six seasons with the RedHawks, finishing above .500 just one time (2013-14)
- Fired in 2015 having never reached the postseason during his tenure
- Became Hamilton‘s video coordinator at Florida State in 2015, serving in that capacity for three seasons
- Hired by Corey Williams as an assistant at Stetson in 2018 and a year later joined Dennis Gates‘ staff at Cleveland State
- In January 2021, Nutt was hired to be the first head coach at Gaston College (NC); went 18-10 in his lone season
- Reunited with Gates in 2022, joining his coaching staff at Missouri as an assistant; role changed to senior advisor to Gates in 2024
Dickey Nutt Coaching Tree
- Justin Argenal (Dominican)
- Kyle Gerdeman (Lindenwood)
- Tony Madlock (Alabama State, South Carolina State, Ole Miss)
- Dennis Nutt (Ouachita Baptist, Texas State)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only
** Listed records and accomplishments for this coach do not include wins or appearances later vacated by the NCAA