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EDDIE SUTTON'S COACHING RECORD
Year	School	Overall	Conference	Conference
		Record	Record	Finish
1969-70	Creighton	15-10	-	-
1970-71	Creighton	14-11	-	-
1971-72	Creighton	15-11	-	-
1972-73	Creighton	15-12	-	-
1973-74	Creighton	23-6	-	-
1974-75	Arkansas	17-9	11-3	T-2nd
1975-76	Arkansas	19-9	9-7	4th
1976-77	Arkansas	26-2	16-0	1st
1977-78	Arkansas	32-4	14-2	T-1st
1978-79	Arkansas	25- 5	11-3	T-lst
1979-80	Arkansas	21-8	13-3	2nd
1980-81	Arkansas	24-8	13-3	1st
1981-82	Arkansas	23- 6	12-4	1st
1982-83	Arkansas	26-4	14-2	2nd
1983-84	Arkansas	25-7	14-2	2nd
1984-85	Arkansas	22-13	10-6	T-2nd
	TOTALS	342-125 (.732) 137-35 (.797)		
		(16 years)	(11 years)	
ages are league records that may never be approached. His overall record at Arkansas was 260-75.
Coach of the Year honors have been frequent. He has won national honors twice (1977 and 1978) and has been named the SWC's top coach four times.
Sutton created a monster in the Ozarks. His teams were nearly impossible to defeat at Barnhill Arena, Arkansas' on-campus home. Under Sutton's direction, the Hogs were 121-8 at Barnhill, a stunning percentage of .932. Razorback games have been sold out before the season begins for the last eight years and tickets to Arkansas' basketball games have become nearly impossible for non-season ticket holders to secure.
One of Sutton's finest coaching jobs came this past season when his youngest team challenged a schedule ranked 12th-toughest in the country by the NCAA and still managed 22 victories. The Hogs accomplished this feat despite having only two seniors and one junior on the squad. It marked the ninth consecutive year the Razorbacks won at least 21 games  another SWC mark.
Sutton learned his trade as a player, then graduate assistant coach for the legendary Henry Iba at Oklahoma State. He graduated from OSU in 1958 and received his master's degree from the school in 1959.
His first coaching job came at Tulsa (Okla.) Central High School, where he built a 119-51 record in six years. In 1967, he took over at Southern Idaho Junior College,
"They're (Kentucky) getting the best coach in America. He'll dedicate his entire life to maintaining the quality of that program. The players won't be cheated. They'll be pushed to excel academically and they'll be pushed to excel in basketball."
Sidney Moncrief former Arkansas Ail-American under Sutton
a school that had never fielded a basketball team before. In three short years, Sutton compiled a remarkable 83-14 record.
His first major college test came in 1970, when he accepted the head coaching job at Creighton University. By 1974, Sutton had built a powerhouse 
a team with a 23-6 record and ranked 14th in the polls. He spent five years at Creighton, compiling an 82-50 record and establishing himself as one of the finest young coaches in the game, before moving on to Arkansas for the 1974-75 season.
In 25 years of coaching high school, junior college and college teams, Sutton has a record of 545-190. His major college record is 342-125.
Another tribute to Sutton's success is the number of head coaches he has turned out. Gene Keady (Purdue), Pat Foster (Lamar) and Bill Brown (California State-Sacramento) are head coaches who were one-time Sutton assistants at Arkansas.
Off the court, Eddie Sutton has always emphasized discipline and academics. Nearly 90 percent of the players who completed four years at Arkansas have earned degrees. He develops close relationships with his players, evidenced by the fact that players frequently stop by his office to chat. His open-door policy makes him accessible to those around him and hardly a day goes
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