BASKETBALL COACH

EDDIE SUTTON

ABOUT EDDIE SUTTON

With 36 years of Division 1 coaching experience, Coach Eddie Sutton became the first coach to take four schools to The NCAA tournament. He is one of only eight major college men’s basketball coaches to have more than 800 (804) career wins. Coach Sutton played basketball at Oklahoma State University under the legendary coach Henry Iba. In 1959 he became head coach at Tulsa Central High School. His college coaching career began in 1967 when he founded the men’s basketball program at the College of Southern Idaho. He moved on to Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska where he made his first coaching appearance in the NCAA tournament in 1974. He made his next NCAA appearance with the University of Arkansas in 1978 while compiling a record of 260-75 in 11 seasons. He coached the University of Kentucky Wildcats for four years, leading them to the Elite Eight of the 1986 NCAA tournament.

Coach Sutton returned to Oklahoma State University in 1990 and in his 17 years in Stillwater the Cowboys reached the post season 14 times including 13 NCAA tournament bids and two Final Four appearances. Eddie is the second-winningest coach in OSU school history, behind only his mentor, Henry Iba and is a four-time national Coach of the year. Coach Eddie Sutton was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame on November 20, 2011.

PRODUCTION


Interview with Eddie Sutton



Program Credits:
Eddie Sutton — Interviewee
John Erling — Interviewer
Mel Myers — Announcer

Honest Media
Mel Myers — Audio Editor
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Mark DeMoss — Webmaster
Laura Hyde — Upload Coordinator
Anne Hall — Transcriptionist

Date Created: September 30, 2010 at Spirit Bank, downtown Tulsa

Date Published: November 23, 2011

Photocredits: Image of Eddie Sutton on home page slide and in slide show courtesy Tulsa World.

Notes: Recorded by John Erling in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Digital Audio Sound Recording, Non-Music.

Tags: Forrest Clare "Phog" Allen, Arkansas University, Henry Iba, Adolph Rupp, Bill Conners, Bob Gibson, Bob Devany, Tom Osborn, Bob Knight, Dean Smith, Larry Bird, Ken Trickey, Lou Holtz, Happy Chandler, Betty Ford, Big Country Reeves, OSU Plane Crash, Abe Lemons, Jerry Jones, Jimmy Johnson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Highwaymen

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