| Kevin Sutton | |
| Current Title: | Assistant coach |
| Current Team: | Florida Gulf Coast |
| Current Conference: | Atlantic Sun |
| Birth Date: | 31 August 1964 |
| Player Years1: | 1983–1986 |
| Player Team1: | James Madison |
| Coach Years1: | 1986–1988 |
| Coach Team1: | James Madison (asst.) |
| Coach Years2: | 1988–1990 |
| Coach Team2: | Flint Hill Prep (asst.) |
| Coach Years3: | 1990–1992 |
| Coach Team3: | Harker Prep |
| Coach Years4: | 1992–1998 |
| Coach Team4: | St. John's Prospect Hall (asst.) |
| Coach Years5: | 1998–1999 |
| Coach Team5: | Montrose Christian |
| Coach Years6: | 1999–2001 |
| Coach Team6: | Old Dominion (asst.) |
| Coach Years7: | 2001–2003 |
| Coach Years8: | 2004–2011 |
| Coach Team8: | Montverde Academy |
| Coach Years9: | 2011–2013 |
| Coach Team9: | George Washington (asst.) |
| Coach Years10: | 2013–2016 |
| Coach Team10: | Georgetown (asst.) |
| Coach Years11: | 2016–2018 |
| Coach Team11: | Pittsburgh (asst.) |
| Coach Years12: | 2018–2021 |
| Coach Team12: | Rhode Island (asst.) |
| Coach Team13: | Florida Gulf Coast (asst.) |
| Coach Years13: | 2021–present |
| Overall Record: | 489–102 (high school) |
Raymond Eugene "Kevin" Sutton (born August 31, 1964) is an American college basketball coach, currently an assistant coach at the University of Rhode Island.[1] [2] Sutton previously served as the head boys basketball coach at Bishop McNamara, Montrose Christian, Montverde Academy and was the head coach for Team USA in the 2011 Nike/USA Basketball Hoop Summit.
In 1988, Sutton graduated from James Madison University where he played three years of varsity basketball and lettered each season.
Sutton coached at five nationally ranked high school programs—Flint Hill Prep (1988–1990), Harker Prep (1990–1992), St. John's Prospect Hall (1992–1998), Montrose Christian and Montverde Academy (2004–2011)—amassing a 489–102 record and winning two national championships. In 1998, he was the associate head coach on the USA Today Super 25 National Championship team and in 2007, he was the head coach of the Montverde Academy Hoops.Com National Championship team led by future NBA player Solomon Alabi.
While at Montverde Academy, Sutton's program was labeled a "basketball factory" by the Orlando Sentinel.[3] Sutton coached seven nationally ranked teams and compiled a 186-33 record, while turning out 55 Division I scholarship athletes and three All-America selections. During his final two seasons at Montverde, Sutton was assisted by former NBA player Andrew DeClercq, Matthew Wheeler and hip-hop artist Dorian.[4] [5]
Sutton had a pair of two-year stints as an assistant coach at both James Madison University and Old Dominion University under Coach Jeff Capel.[6] In 2011, Sutton was hired at George Washington University.[7] In 2013, Sutton joined the staff at Georgetown University under coach John Thompson III.[8] In 2016, he was hired by Kevin Stallings as an assistant coach at University of Pittsburgh.[9]
Sutton has also been selected as a coach for USA Basketball on three occasions. He was an assistant coach at the Hoop Festival for the East team, had a two-year stint with the Junior Developmental Team (U16), which won a gold medal at the FIBA Americas Tournament in Argentina, and he was the head coach for the Nike/USA Basketball Hoop Summit, a game showcasing the top 10 international players against the top 10 American players.[10] Led by Austin Rivers and Anthony Davis, Sutton's Team USA beat the World Team 92-80.[11]
Sutton and his wife, Beth, have four children, Aaron, Kayleigh, Isaiah and Rileigh.[12]