Eddie Sutton Hall of Fame NBA

Eddie Sutton (March 12, 1936 – May 23, 2020) was a transformative college basketball coach whose impact spanned nearly four decades. A standout player at Oklahoma A&M under Hank Iba, he launched his coaching career in 1958 and rose from Tulsa Central High to junior college, then to Creighton, Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma State, and finally San Francisco. Sutton became the first coach ever to lead four different Division I programs to the NCAA Tournament, and tallied 806 career wins, ranking him in the top ten all-time.

His Razorbacks guided Arkansas to the 1978 Final Four, and he returned his alma mater, OSU, to the Final Four twice (1995, 2004), along with multiple NCAA appearances and conference titles. A four-time National Coach of the Year, eight-time conference coach of the year, and mentor to NBA players, he left a legacy of resilience, loyalty, and excellence. In 2020, Sutton was posthumously inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame—a fitting capstone to a legendary career .

Sutton's Awards

• 2× AP College Coach of the Year (1978, 1986)
• NABC Coach of the Year (1986)
• Henry Iba Award (1977)
• 4× SWC Coach of the Year (1975, 1977, 1979, 1981)
• SEC Coach of the Year (1986)
• Big Eight Coach of the Year (1993)
• 2× Big 12 Coach of the Year (1998, 2004)

NBA Records

College Teams

As Coach