The Sad Story of Sean Sutton

↵↵Sean Sutton’s fall from grace in the last two years has been sudden, and now you could argue he has bottomed out with that mugshot at the top of this post. Sutton, who spent two years as the head coach at Oklahoma State, was arrested in Stillwater on Thursday on “complaints of attempting to possess controlled dangerous substances.” He will also be charged with using a communication device to commit a felony, according to the Tulsa Daily World:↵

↵↵⇥ Sutton has admitted to OBNDD agents that he is addicted to painkillers. Woodward said drugs were obtained from several doctors by fraudulent means, and through shipments from the states of Washington and New York.↵⇥↵⇥A shipment that arrived in Stillwater on Thursday was intercepted and found to contain Adderall and Clonazepam, OBNDD spokesman Mark Woodward
↵⇥said.↵⇥

↵⇥↵⇥“When Sean Sutton arrived to pick it up, our agents confronted him again,” Woodward said.↵⇥

↵⇥↵⇥“He confessed and said he was ordering medications to support his addiction. We interviewed him throughout the evening, and then late last night transported him to the Stillwater jail and he was booked for attempting to possess (controlled dangerous substances) and use of a communications device to facilitate a felony.”↵⇥

↵↵↵This might not be the end of it for Sutton either, as he could face additional charges after cooperation from authorities in both Washington and New York. It’s a sad turn for Sutton, who only took over for Oklahoma State after his father stepped away from the job following a DUI. (Sutton resigned after two seasons on the job where he went 39-29.) Substance abuse has claimed two coaching careers on the Sutton family tree after this latest news. ↵

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