What is Eddie Sutton?
'''Edward Eugene Sutton''' (March 12, 1936 – May 23, 2020) was an American [[college basketball]] coach. He was born in [[Bucklin, Kansas]]. Sutton was a head coach for 36 years at the [[Division I (NCAA)|Division I]] level, at [[Creighton Bluejays men's basketball|Creighton]], [[Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball|Arkansas]], [[Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball|Kentucky]], [[Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball|Oklahoma State]] and the [[San Francisco Dons men's basketball|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 was one of only eight major [[College basketball|college]] men's [[basketball]] coaches to have over 800 career wins. Sutton died on May 23, 2020 in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]] at the age of 84.<ref>{{cite news|last=Holt|first=Bob|title= Former UA basketball coach Eddie Sutton dies at 84 |url= https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2020/may/23/former-ua-basketball-coach-eddie-sutton-dies-84/ |date= May 23, 2020|website= arkansasonline.com |access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sutton, Eddie}} [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:College basketball coaches]] [[Category:American basketball players]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Kansas]] {{sports-bio-stub}}