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12-26-2007, 06:07 PM
Sutton to replace Evans as San Francisco's coach for rest of season
ESPN.com news services
Updated: December 26, 2007, 5:48 PM ET
Eddie Sutton is going to get another shot at his 800th victory.
The former Oklahoma State coach will come out of retirement to coach San Francisco for the remainder of the season in an attempt to win his 800th game.
Sutton's return was first reported by CBS Sports.com
Current Dons coach Jessie Evans will announce his resignation as coach later Wednesday, The Associated Press is reporting. ESPN.com was told that Evans was informed Wednesday morning he could either resign or would be terminated with cause by the end of the day. But a source close to Evans said the coach wasn't given a reason for being ousted.
Sutton's 798 wins at Oklahoma State, Arkansas, Kentucky and Creighton are the fifth-highest total for any men's NCAA Division I basketball coach. When his victories at Tulsa Central High School and the College of Southern Idaho are included, he won exactly 1,000 games before retiring from coaching in May 2006.
Sutton pleaded no contest to misdemeanor aggravated drunken driving and two other charges following a February 2006 car accident that prematurely ended his time on the sidelines.
San Francisco has lost five of its last six games in addition to the NCAA suspension of one of its international players.
Evans is in his fourth season at USF, which is 4-8 this year. He was hired from Louisiana-Lafayette in April 2004 to replace fired coach Phil Mathews.
This month, the NCAA suspended Dons senior forward Vince Polakovic for 24 games stemming from his participation with a German national team in 2004.
The school said at the time that several members from the German national team received stipends deemed by the NCAA "above actual and necessary expenses." San Francisco contended that Polakovic wasn't among those players who received payments and said it would appeal the suspension.
Evans coached on Lute Olson's staff at Arizona from 1988-97 and also worked as an assistant at Minnesota, Texas, Wyoming, and San Diego State before joining the Arizona staff. He helped lead the Wildcats to a 25-9 record and a national title in his ninth and final season with Arizona.
Former Purdue coach Gene Keady, who interviewed for the San Francisco job twice while he was still the head coach of the Boilermakers, said Wednesday he hasn't talked to Sutton about the job. Keady interviewed at the time with Bill Hogan, the former USF athletic director who is now at Seattle University.
"I know he misses coaching but I don't know why he'd want to do that," Keady told ESPN.com. "He doesn't like losing, and just wait until he tries to buy a house."
Information from ESPN.com senior writer Andy Katz, ESPN Radio's Doug Gottlieb and The Associated Press was used in this report.
LINK (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3168981)
ESPN.com news services
Updated: December 26, 2007, 5:48 PM ET
Eddie Sutton is going to get another shot at his 800th victory.
The former Oklahoma State coach will come out of retirement to coach San Francisco for the remainder of the season in an attempt to win his 800th game.
Sutton's return was first reported by CBS Sports.com
Current Dons coach Jessie Evans will announce his resignation as coach later Wednesday, The Associated Press is reporting. ESPN.com was told that Evans was informed Wednesday morning he could either resign or would be terminated with cause by the end of the day. But a source close to Evans said the coach wasn't given a reason for being ousted.
Sutton's 798 wins at Oklahoma State, Arkansas, Kentucky and Creighton are the fifth-highest total for any men's NCAA Division I basketball coach. When his victories at Tulsa Central High School and the College of Southern Idaho are included, he won exactly 1,000 games before retiring from coaching in May 2006.
Sutton pleaded no contest to misdemeanor aggravated drunken driving and two other charges following a February 2006 car accident that prematurely ended his time on the sidelines.
San Francisco has lost five of its last six games in addition to the NCAA suspension of one of its international players.
Evans is in his fourth season at USF, which is 4-8 this year. He was hired from Louisiana-Lafayette in April 2004 to replace fired coach Phil Mathews.
This month, the NCAA suspended Dons senior forward Vince Polakovic for 24 games stemming from his participation with a German national team in 2004.
The school said at the time that several members from the German national team received stipends deemed by the NCAA "above actual and necessary expenses." San Francisco contended that Polakovic wasn't among those players who received payments and said it would appeal the suspension.
Evans coached on Lute Olson's staff at Arizona from 1988-97 and also worked as an assistant at Minnesota, Texas, Wyoming, and San Diego State before joining the Arizona staff. He helped lead the Wildcats to a 25-9 record and a national title in his ninth and final season with Arizona.
Former Purdue coach Gene Keady, who interviewed for the San Francisco job twice while he was still the head coach of the Boilermakers, said Wednesday he hasn't talked to Sutton about the job. Keady interviewed at the time with Bill Hogan, the former USF athletic director who is now at Seattle University.
"I know he misses coaching but I don't know why he'd want to do that," Keady told ESPN.com. "He doesn't like losing, and just wait until he tries to buy a house."
Information from ESPN.com senior writer Andy Katz, ESPN Radio's Doug Gottlieb and The Associated Press was used in this report.
LINK (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3168981)