Mike Sutton (basketball)
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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.
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Biographical details | |
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Born | (1956-03-21) March 21, 1956 (age 68) Farmville, North Carolina, U.S. |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1978–1979 | Lees-McRae (asst.) |
1979–1980 | Hoke County HS (asst.) |
1980–1981 | VCU (asst.) |
1981–1994 | Meadowbrook HS |
1994–1995 | Tulsa (asst.) |
1995–1997 | Georgia (asst.) |
1997–2002 | Kentucky (asst.) |
2002–2011 | Tennessee Tech |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
OVC regular season championship (2005) | |
Awards | |
OVC Coach of the Year (2005) | |
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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]