Mike Sutton (basketball)

Mike Sutton
Biographical details
Born (1956-03-21) March 21, 1956
Farmville, North Carolina, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1978–1979Lees-McRae (asst.)
1979–1980Hoke County HS (asst.)
1980–1981VCU (asst.)
1981–1994Meadowbrook HS
1994–1995Tulsa (asst.)
1995–1997Georgia (asst.)
1997–2002Kentucky (asst.)
2002–2011Tennessee Tech
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
OVC regular season championship (2005)
Awards
OVC Coach of the Year (2005)

Mike Sutton (born March 21, 1956) 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

  1. ↑ "Mike Sutton: Comeback coach of all time". Tennessee Tech Athletics. January 25, 2010. Retrieved October 11, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Mike Sutton". Tennessee Tech Athletics. Retrieved October 11, 2010.
  3. ↑ Glier, Ray (January 27, 2010). "Hobbled by Illness, Mike Sutton Perseveres at Tennessee Tech". New York Times. Retrieved October 11, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Mike Sutton announces retirement as Golden Eagle head coach". March 23, 2011.


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