Drew Stutts
American basketball coach
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Drew Stutts is an American college basketball coach who is an assistant coach for North Alabama Lions men's basketball team.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant coach |
| Team | North Alabama |
| Conference | Atlantic Sun |
| Playing career | |
| 2007–2009 | Northwest–Shoals CC |
| 2009–2011 | North Alabama |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2010–2011 | Mars Hill Bible School (assistant) |
| 2011–2014 | Corner School (AL) |
| 2014–2017 | Hewitt-Trussville HS (AL) (assistant) |
| 2017–2018 | Freed–Hardeman (assistant) |
| 2018–2019 | Chester County HS (TN) |
| 2019–2026 | Freed–Hardeman |
| 2026–present | North Alabama (assistant) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 174–52 (.770) |
| Tournaments | 18–3 (NAIA) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
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Early life and playing career
Stutts attended Mars Hill Bible School in Florence, Alabama.[1] He played college basketball at Northwest–Shoals Community College and North Alabama.[2]
Coaching career
Stutts began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Mars Hill Bible School in 2010. After one season, he took a head coaching position at Corner School in Birmingham, Alabama. In 2014, Stutts left Corner to become an assistant coach and junior varsity head coach at Hewitt-Trussville High School.[3] In 2017, he was hired as an assistant at NAIA Freed–Hardeman University. Stutts was hired as the head basketball coach at Chester County High School in Henderson, Tennessee after one season with Freed–Hardeman.[4] He coached the team to a 19–10 record.[5]
Stutts was hired as the head coach at Freed–Hardeman on April 18, 2019.[5] The Lions went 32–7 during the 2023–24 season and won 2024 NAIA men's basketball tournament.[6] Stutts coached Freed–Hardeman to a second national title in 2026.[7] Stutts compiled a 174–52 record over seven seasons at FHU.[2]
Stutts left Freed–Hardeman after being hired as an assistant at North Alabama on April 2, 2026.[2]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Freed–Hardeman (American Midwest Conference) (2019–2020) | |||||||||
| 2019–20 | Freed–Hardeman | 18–10 | 15–7 | ||||||
| Freed–Hardeman (Mid-South Conference) (2020–2026) | |||||||||
| 2020–21 | Freed–Hardeman | 15–9 | 9–7 | T-5th | |||||
| 2021–22 | Freed–Hardeman | 19–13 | 13–9 | NAIA First Round | |||||
| 2022–23 | Freed–Hardeman | 25–9 | 16–6 | 2nd | NAIA Sweet 16 | ||||
| 2023–24 | Freed–Hardeman | 32–7 | 10–2 | 1st | NAIA Champion | ||||
| 2024–25 | Freed–Hardeman | 30–6 | 8–4 | 3rd | NAIA Fab Four | ||||
| 2025–26 | Freed–Hardeman | 35–1 | 12–0 | 1st | NAIA Champion | ||||
| Freed–Hardeman: | 174–52 (.770) | ||||||||
| Total: | 174–52 (.770) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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