Sport(s) Football 1977–1979 Illinois (DC/LB) Titles Defensive coordinator 1974 Syracuse (LB) Team Kansas City Chiefs | 1972–1973 Michigan (GA) Role Coach Alma mater Eastern Michigan Name Bob Sutton | |
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Born January 28, 1951 (age 73)
Ypsilanti, Michigan ( 1951-01-28 ) 1975–1976 Western Michigan (DC/LB) Education Eastern Michigan University | ||
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Bob D. Sutton (born January 28, 1951) is an American football coach who is the defensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). Sutton served as the head football coach at the United States Military Academy from 1991 to 1999, compiling a record of 44–55–1.
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- Coaching career
- Personal life
- Coaching tree
- References
Coaching career
Sutton's first job in the coaching ranks came as a graduate assistant under Bo Schembechler at Michigan in 1972 and 1973. In 1974, he moved on to Syracuse University where he served as linebackers coach for the Orange. After just one year he began the first of two stints at Western Michigan University then onto the University of Illinois, where he was defensive coordinator and linebackers coach from 1977 to 1979. He returned to Western Michigan as offensive coordinator in 1980 and 1981. In 1982, he spent one season as running backs coach at North Carolina State University before beginning a long association with the United States Military Academy in 1983.
Sutton spent eight years as an assistant coach at Army before being named the head coach in 1991. His nine-year tenure as the head football coach at Army (1991 to 1999) is second in length only to Earl "Red" Blaik. Sutton compiled a record of 44–55–1 and guided the 1996 Army squad to a 10–2 record, an appearance in the Independence Bowl, and a top 25 finish in both major polls. For his efforts that season, Sutton was awarded the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award.
Sutton made the transition to the NFL coaching ranks with the New York Jets in 2000, beginning his tenure with the Jets as a linebackers coach before serving as the team's defensive coordinator from 2006 to 2008, senior assistant/linebackers coach from 2009 to 2011, and as assistant head coach/linebackers in 2012. In January, 2013 Sutton was named defensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs under new head coach Andy Reid.
Personal life
Bob Sutton earned his physical education degree from Eastern Michigan University. He and his wife, Debbie, have a son, Andrew, a daughter, Sarah, and two granddaughters and one grandson
Coaching tree
Assistant coaches under Bob Sutton who became NCAA or NFL head coaches: