Eddie Sutton
Alma Mater:
Class of:
Hometown:
Bucklin, KS
- Named national coach of the year by USBWA in 1977, by AP and UPI in 1978, and by AP and NABC in 1986
- Coach of three NCAA Tournament Final Four teams--Arkansas (3rd in 1978) and Oklahoma State (tied for third in 1995 and 2004)
- First coach to guide four different colleges to the NCAA playoffs
- Coach of eight conference tournament champions--SWC (1977, 1979 and 1982 with Arkansas), SEC (1986 and 1988 with Kentucky), Big Eight (1995 with Oklahoma State) and Big 12 (2004 and 2005 with Oklahoma State)
- Compiled an 83-14 record (.856) at southern Idaho in three junior college seasons from 1966-67 through 1968-69
- Assistant coach at Oklahoma State under Henry Iba for one season in 1958-59
- Major-college career scoring average under Iba (6.6 ppg)
- Final Top 20 Rankings (18: AP/UPI/USA)--1974 (NR/17), 1977 (18/7), 1978 (5/6), 1979 (5/6), 1981 (20/NR), 1982 (12/13), 1983 (9/9/10), 1984 (8/7/13), 1985 (NR/NR/25), 1986 (3/4/4), 1988 (6/6/9), 1991 (14/13/13), 1992 (11/10/9), 1993 (23/22/NR), 1994 (19/19/21), 1995 (14/16/4), 2000 (14/6), 2002 (20/NR), 2003 (NR/24), 2004 (4/4) and 2005 (6/8)
- All-Americans (11): Arkansas' Ron Brewer (1978), Marvin Delph (1978), Sidney Moncrief (1978 and 1979), Alvin Robertson (1984) and Darrell Walker (1983), Kentucky's Rex Chapman (1988) and Kenny Walker (1986), and Oklahoma State's Joey Graham (2005), Byron Houston (1992), John Lucas III (2004) and Bryant Reeves (1994 and 1995).
Record:
Season | School | Overall | League | Finish | Conference (Division) | Postseason (Record) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15-10 | DNP | |||||
14-11 | DNP | |||||
15-11 | DNP | |||||
15-11 | DNP | |||||
23-7 | NCAA (2-1) | |||||
17-9 | 11-3 | T-2nd | DNP | |||
19-9 | 9-7 | 4th | DNP | |||
26-2 | 16-0 | 1st | NCAA (0-1) | |||
32-4 | 14-2 | T-1st | NCAA (4-1) | |||
25-5 | 13-3 | T-1st | NCAA (2-1) | |||
21-8 | 13-3 | 2nd | NCAA (0-1) | |||
24-8 | 13-3 | 1st | NCAA (2-1) | |||
23-6 | 12-4 | 1st | NCAA (0-1) | |||
26-4 | 14-2 | 2nd | NCAA (1-1) | |||
25-7 | 14-2 | 2nd | NCAA (0-1) | |||
22-13 | 10-6 | T-2nd | NCAA (1-1) | |||
32-4 | 17-1 | 1st | NCAA (3-1) | |||
18-11 | 10-8 | T-3rd | NCAA (0-1) | |||
27-6 | 13-5 | 1st | NCAA (2-1) | |||
13-19 | 8-10 | T-6th | DNP | |||
24-8 | 10-4 | T-1st | NCAA (2-1) | |||
28-8 | 8-6 | T-2nd | NCAA (2-1) | |||
20-9 | 8-6 | T-2nd | NCAA (1-1) | |||
24-10 | 10-4 | 2nd | NCAA (1-1) | |||
27-10 | 10-4 | 2nd | NCAA (4-1) | |||
17-10 | 7-7 | T-4th | DNP | |||
17-15 | 7-9 | 4th | Big 12 (South) | NIT (1-1) | ||
22-7 | 11-5 | T-1st | Big 12 (South) | NCAA (1-1) | ||
23-11 | 10-6 | T-5th | NCAA (1-1) | |||
27-7 | 12-4 | T-3rd | NCAA (3-1) | |||
20-10 | 10-6 | 5th | NCAA (0-1) | |||
23-9 | 10-6 | T-3rd | NCAA (0-1) | |||
22-10 | 10-6 | 4th | NCAA (1-1) | |||
31-4 | 14-2 | 1st | NCAA (4-1) | |||
26-7 | 11-5 | 3rd | NCAA (2-1) | |||
13-10 | 3-6 | T-7th | DNP | |||
6-13 | 5-9 | 5th | DNP |
NOTE: Record does not reflect two forfeit victories awarded from Texas Tech in 1996-97 for using ineligible players.
* Vacated three NCAA Tournament games.
** Head-coach designate Sean Sutton guided the Cowboys to a 4-6 record (3-4 in Big 12) after his father took a medical leave of absence following an automobile accident.
*** Replaced Jessie Evans at USF just before Christmas after the Dons compiled a 4-8 mark.
- 37-Year Coaching Record: 802-323 (.713) overall
- 82-50 (.621) in five years at Creighton
- 260-75 (.776) in 11 years at Arkansas
- 90-40 (.692) in four years at Kentucky
- 364-145 (.715) in 16 years at Oklahoma State
- 6-13 (.316) in one year at San Francisco
- 139-35 (.799) in Southwest Conference
- 48-24 (.667) in Southeastern Conference
- 53-31 (.631) in Big Eight Conference
- 98-55 (.641) in Big 12 Conference
- 5-9 (.357) in West Coast Conference
- 13-7 (.650) in SWC Tournament
- 6-2 (.750) in SEC Tournament
- 8-5 (.615) in Big Eight Tournament
- 12-7 (.632) in Big 12 Tournament
- 1-1 (.500) in WCC Tournament
- 39-26 (.600) in NCAA Tournament
- 1-1 (.500) in NIT