Mike Sutton (basketball)

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Mike Sutton
Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Tennessee Tech
Biographical details
Born	(1956-03-21) March 21, 1956 Farmville, North Carolina, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1978–1979 1979–1980 1980–1981 1981–1994 1994–1995 1995–1997 1997–2002 2002–2011	Lees-McRae (asst.) Hoke County HS (asst.) VCU (asst.) Meadowbrook HS Tulsa (asst.) Georgia (asst.) Kentucky (asst.) Tennessee Tech
Accomplishments 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 continued to coach, despite having to use a wheelchair.^[3]

On March 23, 2011, Sutton announced his retirement and Tennessee Tech promoted associate head coach Steve Payne to head coach.^[4]

References

↑ "Mike Sutton: Comeback coach of all time". Tennessee Tech Athletics. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
↑ "Mike Sutton". Tennesssee Tech Athletics. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
↑ Glier, Ray (27 January 2010). "Hobbled by Illness, Mike Sutton Perseveres at Tennessee Tech". New York Times. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
↑ http://www.ttusports.com/sports/mbkb/2010-11/releases/3_23_Sutton_retires

v t e 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– )

v t e 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 Head Coach Tubby Smith Assistant Coaches Mike Sutton George Felton

Persondata
Name	Sutton, Mike
Alternative names
Short description	American basketball player-coach
Date of birth	1956-03-21
Place of birth	Farmville, North Carolina, U.S.
Date of death
Place of death

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