Scott Sutton
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
June 3, 1970 Omaha, Nebraska |
| Playing career | |
| 1992–1994 | Oklahoma State |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1995–1999 | Oral Roberts (asst.) |
| 1999–2017 | Oral Roberts |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 328–247 (.570) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 3× Summit League Tournament championship (2006–2008) 5× Summit League regular season championship (2005–2008, 2012) |
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| Awards | |
| 3× Summit League Coach of the Year (2002, 2008, 2012) NABC District 12 Co-Coach of the Year (2005) Clair Bee National Coach of the Year Finalist (2007) Winningest coach in ORU school history |
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Scott Sutton (born June 3, 1970) is the former men's basketball coach for the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles. Sutton is the all-time wins leader in school history while leading ORU to three NCAA Tournament, two National Invitational Tournament and two CollegeInsider.com Tournament postseason appearances in 14 seasons. The Golden Eagles have won 20 or more games in seven of the past 10 seasons.
Scott is the youngest son of college basketball coach Eddie Sutton. One of Scott's brothers is Sean Sutton, the former head coach of Oklahoma State University and current assistant coach at ORU.
Sutton is the second ORU coach since Ken Trickey (Dick Acres in 1984 was the other) to reach the NCAA tournament and only the fifth since Trickey to take ORU to postseason play. The others were Jerry Hale (NIT – 1975, 1977), Ken Hayes (NIT – 1982), Acres, and Bill Self (NIT – 1997), who coached Kansas to the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship.
National champion Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion
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Sutton's coaching career started when he was hired as an administrative assistant by former ORU head coach Bill Self prior to the 1995–96 season. Sutton served on Self's staff from 1995–1997 and Barry Hinson's staff from 1997–1999. In those four seasons, ORU posted a 75–39 (.658) record.
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