Dennis Nutt

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Dennis Clay Nutt (born March 25, 1963, in Little Rock, Arkansas) is a retired American professional basketball player and college coach.

Nutt was a 6'2" (188 cm) 170 lb (77 kg) guard and played collegiately at Texas Christian University from 1981–85. He is currently a scout for the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats.[1]

Previously, Nutt was an assistant coach for Coastal Carolina University men's basketball team[2], and was the head coach at Texas State University for six seasons before resigning in 2006.[3]

Nutt played in the CBA with the LaCrosse Bobcats and the Sioux Falls Skyforce,[2] and 25 games with the NBA's Dallas Mavericks in the 1986-87 National Basketball Association season. Following this, he played for Real Madrid in Spain for one year.[4]

Dennis Nutt is the brother of Dickey Nutt, head men's basketball coach at Arkansas State University, under whom he served as an assistant for five years until April 2000.[4] They are also the brothers of Houston Nutt, who is the current head football coach for the University of Mississippi[5] and Danny Nutt, a former running backs coach for the Arkansas Razorbacks football team.[6]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Basketball transactions, published September 21, 2007
  2. ^ a b Dennis Nutt Named Coastal Men's Basketball Assistant Coach
  3. ^ Nutt Resigns as Texas State Basketball Coach
  4. ^ a b Coach profile: Dennis Nutt @ txstatebobcats.cstv.com
  5. ^ It's brother against brother in Ivy League
  6. ^ Health issues force Danny Nutt to resign as Arkansas RBs coach

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