ORU Game Notes - Oral Roberts University Athletics

Scott Sutton at ORU
Year Position Record Pct. Conf. Place
1995-96 Admin. Asst. 18-9 .667 n/a n/a
1996-97^ Asst. Coach 21-7 .750 n/a n/a
1997-98 Asst. Coach 19-12 .613 12-4 2nd
1998-99 Asst. Coach 17-11 .607 10-4 t-1st
1999-00 Head Coach 13-17 .433 8-8 6th
2000-01 Head Coach 10-19 .345 5-11 t-7th
2001-02 Head Coach 17-14 .548 10-4 t-2nd
2002-03 Head Coach 18-10 .643 9-5 t-4th
2003-04 Head Coach 17-11 .607 10-6 t-2nd
2004-05^ Head Coach 25-8 .758 13-3 1st
2005-06#* Head Coach 21-12 .636 13-3 t-1st
2006-07#* Head Coach 23-11 .676 12-2 1st
2007-08#* Head Coach 24-9 .727 16-2 1st
2008-09 Head Coach 16-15 .516 14-4 2nd
2009-10 Head Coach 20-13 .606 13-5 3rd
2010-11 Head Coach 19-16 .542 13-5 2nd
2011-12^ Head Coach 27-7 .794 17-1 1st
*-NCAA Tournament; ^-NIT; #-Mid-Con/Summit League Tournament champs
Head Coach Totals (13 Seasons): 250-162 (.607)
Overall Totals (17 Seasons): 325-202 (.617)
About Sutton
Education
B.A., Oklahoma State, 1995
Personal
Date of Birth: June 3, 1970
Birthplace: Omaha, Neb.
High School: Henry Clay HS (Lexington, Ky.)
Wife: Kim (Sisler)
Married: August 21, 1999
Children: Hallie (10), Lauren (8), Maggie (5)
Coaching Experience
1999-present: Head Coach, ORU
1995-99: Asst. Coach, ORU
Scott Sutton
Head Coach - 14th Season
267-172 (.608)
Oklahoma State, 1994
Coaching Honors
2011-12: Summit League Coach of the Year
2007-08: Summit League Coach of the Year
2004-05: NABC District 12 co-Coach of the Year
2001-02: Mid-Con Coach of the Year
Playing Experience
1992-94: Oklahoma State
2012-13 Game Notes - 16
Head Coach Scott Sutton
The all-time winningest coach at ORU, Scott Sutton has posted 250 wins in
13 seasons leading the Golden Eagles. Since the start of the 2001-02 season,
Sutton has guided the Golden Eagles to a 227-126 (.643) mark. During that
same span, ORU has finished either first or second in the conference standings
nine times.
Last year, the Golden Eagles won more regular season games than any
other time in program history as an NCAA Division I program, tying the mark
for overall wins entering the conference tournament. For his team’s work, he
was rewarded with 2012 Summit League Coach of the Year honors to go along
with his players’ Summit League Player of the Year (Morrison) and Summit
League Sixth Man of the Year (Roundtree) awards. Four Golden Eagles (Morrison,
Roundtree, Craion, Niles) were honored on the first, second or honorable
mention all-conference honors.
Those bench marks of longevity and success seem hard to imagine for
some. After all, Sutton managed just 23 wins in his first two season after taking
over a depleted program prior to the 1999-2000 season. But since the start
of the 2001-02 campaign, Sutton has made significant strides and turned ORU
into one of the nation’s most respected -- and feared -- mid-major programs.
Not only have the Golden Eagles have averaged more than 19 wins annually
in Sutton’s 13 seasons, but over the last 10 that figure has grown to better
than 22 victories a year.
Sutton has guided ORU to six 20-win seasons, five Summit League regular-season
titles, three tournament championships, three NCAA Tournament
appearances, two NITs and one CIT.
But perhaps most impressive for Sutton and the Golden Eagles since 1999
are the upset victories. Signature wins have become a trademark of the Sutton
era, and they’ve become an annual part of ORU Basketball. Every season since
2002-03, the Golden Eagles have knocked off at least one power conference
team.
During Sutton’s tenure ORU has defeated the likes of Arkansas, Georgetown,
Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma State, Stanford, Seton Hall
and USC.
But at the top of that impressive list is ORU’s 78-71 victory at No. 3 Kansas
on Nov. 15, 2006. That win not only came against Sutton’s mentor and former
ORU boss Bill Self, but happened on the night Sports Illustrated proclaimed the
Jayhawks as the top team in the land in its annual preview issue.
In 13 seasons at the reigns Sutton has produced one three-time All-American,
four Freshman All-Americans, 26 all-conference selections, four conference
players of the year, four conference newcomers of the year, two conference
defensive players of the year, and three conference sixth man of the year
picks.
National exposure has also been a key element of ORU’s rise. In addition to
ORU’s home television appearances on Fox College Sports the last two seasons,
the Golden Eagles have made 21 national television appearances since March
of 2005, including a 2008-09 meeting with No. 1 North Carolina on ESPN2.
Hired as an administrative assistant by former ORU head coach Bill Self prior
to the 1995-96 season, Sutton’s early ORU career has often been compared
with Self’s. But the current ORU boss has clearly made a name for himself.
In 2008 Sutton was finally honored for his coaching achievements within
the league when he was named Summit League Coach of the Year. In 2007 he
was one of four finalists -- along with Washington State’s Tony Bennett, Wisconsin’s
Bo Ryan and John Thompson III of Georgetown -- for Clair Bee National
Coach of the Year Award. In 2005, Sutton was honored as the NABC District
12 co-Coach of the Year, sharing the award with his father, Oklahoma State’s
legendary Eddie Sutton.
Sutton and his wife, Kim, are the parents of three daughters: Hallie (11),
Lauren (9), and Maggie (6).
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