Scott Sutton
Scott Sutton (born June 3, 1970)
Teams coached: Oral Roberts Golden Eagles
Oral Roberts record: 328-247 (.570)
Overall record: 328-247 (.570)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 3 (2006, 2007, 2008)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 2 (2005, 2012)
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2015)
- CIT Appearances: 2 (2011, 2013)
- Summit League Regular Season Champion: 5 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012)
- Summit League Tournament Champion: 3 (2006, 2007, 2008)
Awards:
- Summit League Coach of the Year: 3 (2002, 2008, 2012)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2023-2024 | Oklahoma State (asst) |
| 2021-2023 | Oklahoma State (DBO) |
| 2017-2021 | Oklahoma State (asst) |
| 1999-2017 | Oral Roberts |
| 1995-1999 | Oral Roberts (asst) |
Scott Sutton Facts
- Scott Andrew Sutton
- Born June 3, 1970
- Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska
- Alma Mater: Oklahoma State University (BA, 1995)
- Son of Hall of Fame head coach Eddie Sutton and played two years at Oklahoma State for his father
- Older brother is former Oklahoma State head coach Sean Sutton, later his assistant at ORU
- Starting coaching in 1995 by joining Bill Self‘s staff at Oral Roberts; Self was an assistant to Eddie Sutton at OSU for some of Scott’s playing days
- After two years under Self, Sutton remained on the ORU staff for two additional seasons as an assistant to Barry Hinson
- Promoted to head coach in 1999 when Hinson left for Missouri State, leading the program for 18 seasons
- Won four straight Summit League titles (2005-08) and three straight Summit League Tournament titles (2006-08)
- Took the Golden Eagles to eight postseason appearances (3 NCAA, 2 NIT, 2 CIT, 1 CBI)
- Fired in April 2017 after going 22-39 over the previous two seasons, finishing at the bottom of the Summit standings
- Left ORU as the winningest head coach in program history, compiling a 328-247 record overall
- Hired in October 2017 to join Mike Boynton‘s staff at Oklahoma State; has served as an assistant coach and as director of basketball administration
Scott Sutton Coaching Tree
- Chris Crutchfield (Omaha, East Central)
- Tom Hankins (Fort Wayne Mad Ants, Central Oklahoma)
- Marc Stricker (Maryville)
- Corey Williams (Stetson)