'He changed a lot of lives': Eddie Sutton built a family bond at OSU

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Joey Graham, Tony Allen, Ivan McFarlin and Pistol Pete introduce coach Eddie Sutton during the 2014 Bedlam men's basketball game in Stillwater. [Sarah Phipps/The Oklahoman]

STILLWATER — Randy Rutherford paid a visit to Eddie Sutton during the day on Saturday, hours before the legendary basketball coach passed away at the age of 84.

It was a day full of reminiscing for Rutherford, who played for Sutton at Oklahoma State from 1992-95. The telling of Sutton stories carried into Sunday as everyone who is part of the Cowboy basketball family celebrated the life of a man who had mentored so many.

As Rutherford told more stories Sunday afternoon, he noted that none of them had been about basketball.

“Basketball was about 10 percent of what he was teaching us,” Rutherford said. “He was teaching us about life and how to treat people and how to carry yourself, be accountable and responsible and have integrity.”

Sutton died at his Tulsa home with his family at his side Saturday night, less than two months after he learned he had been elected into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Sutton won 806 games in a career that spanned parts of five decades from 1969-2008. He was the first coach to take four different programs to the NCAA Tournament, and he led three teams to the Final Four — including two at OSU.

His impact on basketball players was mighty. Yet basketball was a fraction of Sutton’s coaching equation — just like his three D’s of basketball: discipline, dedication and defense.

“Coach Sutton did a great job of mentoring a lot of men,” Rutherford said. “He changed a lot of lives. When he talked about the Cowboy family, he meant that. Everything we did, he made it for us to have an experience.

“We go to New York, we gotta see this and do this. There was always an educational moment for us to have those experiences, because he knew a lot of us would never have those opportunities. The things we did, he made sure no opportunity was missed. And none of that is basketball.”

Many of his former players call Sutton a second father. Yet for many of the men who came through the OSU program, Sutton was a first father.

“I always looked at him as a father-figure,” Rutherford said. “You were required to be your best version of yourself at all times. That’s one thing I hold dear to who I am and how I carry myself.

“A lot of us young men who didn’t have fathers in their lives, we needed that. A lot of us go through life with people saying things and then they never come through. When Coach said something, it happened. When he said he was gonna do something, it happened.”

Doug Gottlieb’s social media post late Saturday night spoke to the deep and lasting impact Sutton had on the former Cowboy point guard.

“Dear Coach, thank you,” Gottlieb wrote.

He went on to write about their meaningful moments together, but those first four words said the most about their relationship: two men who connected in Stillwater while overcoming the battles of their basketball pasts.

“You told us that life was hard, but if we could make it through your practices, we could achieve anything,” Gottlieb wrote. “You were right.”

When Sutton arrived at OSU in 1990, Ron Arthur was a manager for the team. Arthur was in a transitional period as he saw the goals for his future changing. Originally a political science major, Arthur was moving toward education, and with that, coaching.

“Any of the managers who wanted to be a coach, he let us work with coaches,” said Arthur, the Shawnee boys coach who has been in the profession since he left OSU in 1993. “You’re right there alongside Rob Evans, Bill Self, Paul Graham, all those guys.

“You’re helping them break down film. You’re in their office when they’re talking to recruits. Or you’re helping them type up scouting reports. Those things helped you develop into a coach. You start thinking like a coach.”

Just like his players and assistant coaches, the managers and other peripheral workers who made the program run were an equal part of the Cowboy basketball family.

“What he meant to all of us was so impactful,” Arthur said. “The leadership that he showed and the camaraderie that was created under his leadership is something that we’re all indebted to. I have lifelong friends because of those days back in Stillwater.

“Then you have that next group of guys who come through, and you all have that bond. Ivan McFarland and Brian Montonati are in the high school coaching business now. We didn’t go to college together, but our connection is Oklahoma State basketball with Eddie Sutton.

“When people talk about the Cowboy family, that’s probably an understatement to how strong a bond it actually is, and that’s because of Coach Sutton.”

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Texas Tech assistant Sean Sutton talks with his father, Eddie Sutton, after a 2019 game at Oklahoma State. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]
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OSU coach Eddie Sutton and Bryant Reeves during a 1995 pep rally on the Cowboys' Final Four run. [OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVES]
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Kansas coach Bill Self greets former Oklahoma State coach Eddie Sutton after a game between the Oklahoma State University Cowboys (OSU) and the Kansas University Jayhawks at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla., Saturday, March 4, 2017. Kansas won 90-85. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman
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Kansas coach Bill Self greets former Oklahoma State coach Eddie Sutton after a game between the Oklahoma State University Cowboys (OSU) and the Kansas University Jayhawks at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla., Saturday, March 4, 2017. Kansas won 90-85. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman
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Eddie Sutton is recognized by the crowd as Doug Gottlieb sits beside him during an NCAA college basketball game between the Oklahoma State University Cowboys (OSU) and Baylor at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla., Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016. Oklahoma State lost 69-65. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman
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Eddie Sutton and Doug Gottlieb watch during an NCAA college basketball game between the Oklahoma State University Cowboys (OSU) and Baylor at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla., Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016. Oklahoma State lost 69-65. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman
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Fomer OSU coach Eddie Sutton watches during the Bedlam college basketball game between the Oklahoma State University Cowboys (OSU) and the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman
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Larry Reece introduces Eddie Sutton at a half time ceremony during the men's college basketball game between Oklahoma State University and the University of Kansas at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla., Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015. OSU won 67-62. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman
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Coach Eddie Sutton waits for the Final Four team to be introduced at half time of the men's college basketball game between Oklahoma State University and the University of Kansas at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla., Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015. OSU won 67-62. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman
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Oklahoma State Final Four team is John Lucas, Janovor Weatherspoon, Joey Graham, Tony Allen and Ivan McFarlin and coach Eddie Sutton are honored during the men's Bedlam college game between Oklahoma and Oklahoma State at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla., Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, in Stillwater, Okla. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman
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Joey Graham, Tony Allen, Ivan McFarlin and Pistol Pete introduce coach Eddie Sutton during the men's Bedlam college game between Oklahoma and Oklahoma State at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla., Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, in Stillwater, Okla. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman
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Tony Allen hugs coach Eddie Sutton during the men's Bedlam college game between Oklahoma and Oklahoma State at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla., Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, in Stillwater, Okla. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman
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Legendary Oklahoma State coach Eddie Sutton speaks with his grand daughters as he was honored at half time of an NCAA college basketball game between Oklahoma State University (OSU) and Iowa State at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla., Monday, Feb. 3, 2014. The event was proclaimed "Eddie Sutton Night" in honor of Sutton's years of coaching the Cowboys. Photo by KT King, The Oklahoman
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Legendary Oklahoma State coach Eddie Sutton talks with former player Byron Eaton (left) after Sutton was honored at half time of an NCAA college basketball game between Oklahoma State University (OSU) and Iowa State at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla., Monday, Feb. 3, 2014. The event was proclaimed "Eddie Sutton Night" in honor of Sutton's years of coaching the Cowboys. Photo by KT King, The Oklahoman
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Legendary Oklahoma State coach Eddie Sutton was honored at half time of an NCAA college basketball game between Oklahoma State University (OSU) and Iowa State at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla., Monday, Feb. 3, 2014. The event was proclaimed "Eddie Sutton Night" in honor of Sutton's years of coaching the Cowboys. Photo by KT King, The Oklahoman
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Legendary Oklahoma State coach Eddie Sutton was honored at half time of an NCAA college basketball game between Oklahoma State University (OSU) and Iowa State at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla., Monday, Feb. 3, 2014. The event was proclaimed "Eddie Sutton Night" in honor of Sutton's years of coaching the Cowboys. Photo by KT King, The Oklahoman
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Former Oklahoma State basketball coach Eddie Sutton during an NCAA college basketball game between Oklahoma State University (OSU) and Baylor at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla., Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014. Baylor won 76-70. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman
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Former Oklahoma State coach Eddie Sutton addresses the crowd about the memorial run to the January 2001 plane crash which killed ten members of the Oklahoma State basketball family. The 13th anniversary of the plane crash is just two days after an NCAA college basketball game between Oklahoma State University (OSU) and West Virginia at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla., Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2014. Photo by KT King, The Oklahoman
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Former Oklahoma State basketball coach Eddie Sutton during an NCAA college basketball game between Oklahoma State University (OSU) and Baylor at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla., Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014. Baylor won 76-70. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman