Raymond Eugene "Kevin" Sutton (born August 31, 1964) is an American

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coach, currently an assistant coach at the

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. Sutton previously served as the head boys basketball coach at Bishop McNamara, Montrose Christian,

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and was the head coach for Team USA in the 2011 Nike/USA Basketball Hoop Summit.

Playing career

In 1988, Sutton graduated from

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where he played three years of varsity basketball and lettered each season.

High school coaching

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

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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

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. While at Montverde Academy, Sutton's program was labeled a "basketball factory" by the Orlando Sentinel. 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

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, Matthew Wheeler and hip-hop artist Dorian.

College coaching

Sutton had a pair of two-year stints as an assistant coach at both James Madison University and

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under Coach

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. In 2011, Sutton was hired at

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. In 2013, Sutton joined the staff at

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. In 2016, he was hired by

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as an assistant coach at

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Team USA

Sutton has also been selected as a coach for

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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. Led by

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and

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, Sutton's Team USA beat the World Team 92-80.

Personal life

Sutton and his wife, Beth, have four children, Aaron, Kayleigh, Isaiah and Rileigh.

Notable players coached

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* James Bell *

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* Randolph Childress *

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* George Lynch *

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* Haukur Palsson * Ruslan Pateev * L.D Williams * Serge Zwikker

References

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