[3] As a player, Hutchings spent time at Harrow Borough, Chelsea, Brighton & Hove Albion, Huddersfield Town, Walsall and Rotherham United.
He made his debut in October 1980 against Cardiff City, playing midfield, and scored the winning goal after just 15 mins.
He moved to Bradford City as assistant manager under Chris Kamara and continued in the role under Paul Jewell.
[5] He took Bradford to the semi-finals of the Intertoto Cup and won the club's first Premier League home game of the season with a 2–0 win over Chelsea.
[13] On 20 January 2009, he was named manager of League One club Walsall with Martin O'Connor as his assistant taking over from Jimmy Mullen, who had been sacked earlier in the month.
[17] Hutchings was named Ipswich Town caretaker manager after Paul Jewell left the club in October 2012.
[3] In July 2013, Hutchings was named as assistant manager to Lee Ebden at Northern Premier League Division One South side Market Drayton Town.