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Mike Sutton is in his fifth season as an assistant coach at Kentucky. He assists with on-floor coaching and off-campus recruiting. Sutton, a 1978 graduate of East Carolina, has been with Smith for the past eight seasons, two at Tulsa, two at Georgia and four at Kentucky. But his 27-year coaching background has crossed paths with Smith on numerous occasions, at both the high school and college levels. Sutton, 45, began coaching as an assistant at his prep alma mater, D. H. Conley High School, while attending East Carolina. After spending the 1978-79 season as an assistant coach at Lees-McRae (N.C.) Junior College, he was hired by Smith as an assistant for the 1979-80 season at Hoke County High School in Raeford, N.C. Before the season began, Smith left for an assistant’s position at Virginia Commonwealth, leaving Sutton behind, but only temporarily. The next year, the two were reunited as assistants at VCU, helping the Rams advance to the 1981 NCAA Tournament. Sutton then left the collegiate ranks and became head coach at Meadowbrook High School in Richmond, Va., taking over a downtrodden program that had tallied a 1-19 record the previous season. He turned the program around during his 13-year career from 1981-94, leading the team to the Class AAA State Championship in his final season. His coaching effort earned him The Associated Press Coach of the Year award for 1993-94. He compiled a 176-122 record at Meadowbrook before re-joining Smith at Tulsa. Including Kentucky, this is his fifth coaching stop with Smith. Mike and wife Karen have two married children, Kelly Kern of Baltimore, Md., and Scott Hughes of Gulfport, Fla. Their first grandchild, Grace Sutton Kern, was born last June.
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