Danny Nutt (born May 7, 1961) is a former college

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assistant coach. He served as the Assistant Athletics Director for Player Development at

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during

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's tenure as head coach. His last coaching position was with the

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where he served alongside his brother

before resigning in July 2007 for health conditions.

Early life and family

Danny Nutt was born in

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, where he grew up with his mother Emogene Nutt, father Houston Dale Nutt, and four siblings: Dickey (former head men's

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coach at

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), Houston, and

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, a former

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player. His parents taught at the Arkansas School for the Deaf at Little Rock, Arkansas for 35 years. His father also served as athletic director and head basketball coach for the school. His father was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in 2001 for his playing deeds as a basketball player in international

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competitions and as a coach. Danny graduated from

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in 1980, and then moved onto playing

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at Arkansas, graduating from the college in 1989.

College coaching career

Nutt served as a graduate assistant at Arkansas and an assistant coach at

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(1986–88) and Arkansas Tech (1990–93). He worked as a

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s coach alongside his brother Houston Nutt after he took over at Arkansas before the 1998 season. Danny also assisted Houston Nutt at

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and

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(1994–97).

Resignation

In July 2007, Danny resigned from coaching due to a very serious health condition that included a recurring bleeding of his

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, and increasingly impaired hearing (Nutt has been partially deaf since birth). He has gone under surgery and rehabilitation in 1998 for his condition and was in

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receiving treatment. “It’s real tough to take,” Jones said. “All of us enjoyed playing for him. He’s a real fun coach to play for and we wanted to play as hard as we could for him. We will miss him a lot.” -

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'' reported on 9/23/07: "An

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cameraman panning the Arkansas coaches' box during the second half spotted former running backs coach Danny Nutt wearing a headset...Nutt was also on the field before the game, but was not dressed in coaching at attire like he was for the Razorbacks' season opener against

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. Nutt also watched that game from the home coaches' section on the third floor of the Reynolds Razorback Stadium pressbox. He was outfitted in a white coach's polo and black dress slackes for that game."

Ole Miss

Prior to the 2008 football season, Danny followed his brother Houston to the

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as Assistant Athletics Director for Player Development.http://www.olemisssports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=12785&SPID=737&DB_OEM_ID=2600&ATCLID=1366355&Q_SEASON=2008

Personal life

Danny is married to the former Carla Carlton. The couple has four daughters – Dallas, and triplets Ashley, Brenna and Caylan.

References

External links

USA Today article
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