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For other people of the same name, see Michael Sutton (disambiguation).
Mike Sutton Sport(s) Basketball Current position Title Head coach Team Tennessee Tech Biographical details Born March 21, 1956 Place of birth Farmville, North Carolina, U.S. Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1978–1979
1979–1980
1980–1981
1981–1994
1994–1995
1995–1997
1997–2002
2002–2011Lees-McRae (asst.)
Hoke County HS (asst.)
VCU (asst.)
Meadowbrook HS
Tulsa (asst.)
Georgia (asst.)
Kentucky (asst.)
Tennessee TechAccomplishments and honors Championships OVC Regular Season Championship (2005) Awards OVC Coach of the Year (2005) Mike Sutton 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 continues to coach, despite having to use a wheelchair.[3]
References
- ^ "Mike Sutton: Comeback coach of all time". Tennessee Tech Athletics. 25 January 2010. http://www.ttusports.com/sports/mbkb/2009-10/releases/1_25_bkbtimes. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
- ^ "Mike Sutton". Tennesssee Tech Athletics. http://www.ttusports.com/sports/mbkb/coaches/sutton_mike?tmpl=/information/directory/bio-template. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
- ^ Glier, Ray (27 January 2010). "Hobbled by Illness, Mike Sutton Perseveres at Tennessee Tech". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/sports/ncaabasketball/28sutton.html. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles men's basketball head coaches Putty Overall (1924–1925) • No records available (1925–1926) • Putty Overall (1926–1947) • Hooper Eblen (1947–1948) • Raymond Brown (1948–1955) • John Oldham (1955–1964) • Kenny 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– )
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
Coach Tubby Smith
Assistant Coaches: Mike Sutton | George FeltonCategories:- 1956 births
- Living people
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- College men's basketball head coaches in the United States
- East Carolina University alumni
- Georgia Bulldogs basketball coaches
- High school basketball coaches in the United States
- Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball coaches
- Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles men's basketball coaches
- Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball coaches
- Virginia Commonwealth Rams men's basketball coaches
- United States basketball coach stubs
- American basketball biography, 1950s birth stubs
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