David Albert "Dickey" Nutt (born June 13, 1959) is an American college basketball coach who is currently assistant to the head coach and senior advisor for the University of Missouri men's basketball team. His most recent head coaching position was at

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before being let go after the 2014-15 season. Born in

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, he became the head coach of Arkansas State University in 1995 and resigned on February 19, 2008, ending his thirteen years as head coach just 3 victories short of the all-time win record for the school. In June 2007, Nutt had said that his future with the school was uncertain after receiving a one-year contract with the school. Nutt had been coaching at Arkansas State since 1987, when he started as an assistant at the university. Prior to that, he had spent two years as an assistant coach at

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. He led the Indians, now the Red Wolves, to the NCAA tournament once, winning the

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tournament to secure the conference's automatic bid in

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. Arkansas State received a 15 seed, and was eliminated by

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in the first round. Nutt played collegiately at Oklahoma State from 1977 to 1982. After graduating, he began his coaching career in the

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ranks as an assistant coach at Stillwater High School in Oklahoma. On March 12, 2009, Nutt was named as the head basketball coach at Southeast Missouri State University. On March 23, 2015, Nutt was relieved of his duties with the Redhawks. On July 7, 2015, Nutt joined the staff of

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at Florida State. On June 20, 2018, Nutt joined Corey Williams' staff at Stetson University as assistant coach.Dickey Nutt Joins Men's Basketball Staff
/ref> On August 8, 2019, Nutt was named a special assistant coach on

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' staff at Cleveland State University. On April 14, 2022, Nutt was hired as an assistant coach by Gates at the University of Missouri.

Family

Nutt's brother,

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, was the head

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coach at the

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and

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. Another brother,

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, was previously head coach for

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and a former professional basketball player. Nutt has three children, two sons and a daughter. His oldest son Logan played basketball for

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before transferring to Southeast Missouri State in December 2009 joining his younger brother, Lucas, who played for his father at Southeast Missouri State through 2014.

Head coaching record

* Nutt resigned on February 19, 2008.

References

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