Eddie Sutton

Eddie Sutton (born March 12, 1936 in Bucklin, Kansas) is a former college head coach with 36-year of Division I coaching experience with stints at Creighton, Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma State (his alma mater), and The University of San Francisco. Sutton became the first coach to take four schools to the NCAA tournament, and he reached the Final Four with Arkansas in 1978 and Oklahoma State in 1995 and 2004. He is one of only seven major college ... more

Eddie Sutton (born March 12, 1936 in Bucklin, Kansas) is a former college head coach with 36-year of Division I coaching experience with stints at Creighton, Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma State (his alma mater), and The University of San Francisco. Sutton became the first coach to take four schools to the NCAA tournament, and he reached the Final Four with Arkansas in 1978 and Oklahoma State in 1995 and 2004. He is one of only seven major college men's basketball coaches to have over 800 career wins. Eddie Sutton played for OSU (known as Oklahoma A&M; until his senior year of 1957–58) under legendary coach Henry Iba. While at Oklahoma A&M; Sutton became a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. In his college coaching career, Sutton was the head coach of Creighton, Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma State,and University of San Francisco. He has the rare distinction of having taken two schools (Arkansas and Oklahoma State) to the Final Four, and was the first coach to lead four schools to the NCAA... less