Justin Hutson (born October 16, 1971)

Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Fresno State Bulldogs
Current conference: Mountain West Conference (MWC)
Fresno State record: 80-73 (.523)
Overall record: 80-73 (.523)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  0
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  0
• TBC Championships:  1  (2022)
• TBC Appearances:  1  (2022)
• Mountain West Regular Season Champion:  0
• Mountain West Tournament Champion:  0

Awards:

• Joe B. Hall Award:  1  (2019)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

2018-present	Fresno State
2017-2018	San Diego State (assoc. HC)
2013-2017	San Diego State (asst)
2011-2013	UNLV (assoc. HC)
2006-2011	San Diego State (asst)
2005-2006	Cal Poly (asst)
1998-2000	Cal State Bakersfield (asst)

Justin Hutson Facts

• Justin Lee Hutson
• Born October 16, 1971
• Hometown: Bakersfield, California
• Alma Mater: California State University, Bakersfield (BA, 1994 & MA, 2009)
• Played at then-Division II CSU Bakersfield for four seasons under head coach Pat Douglass
• Began coaching career at his alma mater, spending two seasons as an assistant under Henry Clark
  • Continued at the high school level, leading the Bakersfield HS Drillers for four seasons
• After one season on Kevin Bromley’s staff at Cal Poly, Hutson was hired by SDSU head coach Steve Fisher in 2006
• Stayed on Fisher‘s staff for five seasons before spending two years as associate head coach at UNLV under Dave Rice
• Returned to SDSU in 2013, spending three more seasons as an assistant under Fisher
  • Elevated to associate head coach in 2017 under new Aztecs head coach Brian Dutcher
• Hired in April 2018 to become the next head coach at Fresno State
  • Led the Bulldogs to 23 wins in his first season, earning the Joe B. Hall Award as the nation’s top first-year head coach
  • In 2022, Hutson and the Bulldogs won the inaugural The Basketball Classic title (a CIT replacement)

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