Sean Patrick Sutton (born October 4, 1968) is an American college basketball coach who last served as an advisor for Texas Tech.
Sutton became the only player in OSU history to have advanced to three Sweet 16 appearances in his playing career with two trips as a Cowboy and one as a Wildcat.
During Sutton's two-year playing career at Oklahoma State, the Cowboys posted a 52-16 record and won a regular-season conference title.
[1] Sutton earned honorable mention All-Big Eight accolades as both a junior and a senior and made the All-District V team in 1992.
[2] Sutton began his coaching career on the staff of Rob Evans at the University of Mississippi during the 1992-93 season.
According to the website, "future Cowboy head coach Sean Sutton did his father proud this year by landing the nation's No.
1 player Gerald Green to go along with fellow five-star point guard Byron Eaton and Roderick Fleming.
[5] Oklahoma State announced on February 13, 2006, the 69-year-old Sutton would take medical leave following his DUI accident and that Sean will finish the remainder of the season as coach.
[11][12] ORU men's basketball posted a 27-7 overall record and a 17-1 mark in the Summit League en route to winning a regular season conference championship during the 2011-12 campaign.
Sean Sutton was prescribed pain killers in early 2002 for migraines after the Oklahoma State plane crash in 2001.
He expressed "a strong passion to educate the youth of this state (Oklahoma) about the dangers of prescription medicine and where they can lead you in a short time."