Dennis Clay Nutt (born March 25, 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player.

Nutt was a 6'2" (188 cm) and 170 lb (77 kg) guard and played collegiately at Texas Christian University from 1981–85.

Nutt played in the CBA with the La Crosse Catbirds and the Sioux Falls Skyforce.

[3] He played 25 games with the NBA's Dallas Mavericks in the 1986–87 National Basketball Association season then signed with Milwaukee Bucks in 1989 and the Sacramento Kings in 1990.

[5] They are also the brothers of Houston Nutt, who is the former head football coach of the University of Mississippi[7] and the University of Arkansas, and Danny Nutt, a former running backs coach for the Arkansas Razorbacks football team.