1. Houston Nutt formerly worked for CBS Sports as a college football studio analyst.
35 Facts About Houston Nutt
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Houston Nutt is the son of the late Houston Dale Nutt Sr.
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Houston Nutt's parents taught at the Arkansas School for the Deaf at Little Rock, Arkansas, for 35 years.
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Houston Nutt's father served as athletic director and head basketball coach for the school.
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Houston Nutt's father was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.
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Houston Nutt was head coach at Southeast Missouri State of the OVC, before moving on to coach at Stetson University.
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Houston Nutt is a special assistant coach at Cleveland State.
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Houston Nutt was the last player recruited by Arkansas head coach Frank Broyles before his retirement in 1976.
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Houston Nutt was recruited as a drop-back-style quarterback and started four games as a true freshman after starting quarterback Ron Calcagni was sidelined with an injury.
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Holtz established an option offense that did not make use of Houston Nutt's passing style and relegated him to the bench as a backup.
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Houston Nutt graduated from Oklahoma State in 1981 with a degree in physical education.
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In 1983, Houston Nutt returned to Arkansas and became a graduate assistant coach under former coach Lou Holtz.
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Houston Nutt spent six seasons as an assistant coach for receivers and quarterbacks at Oklahoma State and was promoted to offensive coordinator in 1989.
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In 1990, Houston Nutt returned to the University of Arkansas as an assistant under head coach Jack Crowe and established a reputation as an excellent recruiter.
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Houston Nutt remained with the Razorbacks for three seasons and established relationships with Arkansas high school football coaches that would serve him in later years.
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In 1993, Houston Nutt received his first head coaching position at NCAA Division I-AA Murray State University.
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Houston Nutt received Ohio Valley Conference Coach of the Year honors and was recognized with the Eddie Robinson National Division I-AA Coach of the Year Award.
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Houston Nutt's team beat rival Idaho on the road in overtime for the first Boise win in Moscow, Idaho, since 1981.
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Houston Nutt became the head coach of the University of Arkansas Razorbacks on December 10,1997, succeeding head coach Danny Ford.
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Houston Nutt's teams were noted for a series of overtime games including the two longest overtime games in NCAA history.
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Houston Nutt was selected as the Football News' National Coach of the Year.
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In 1999, Houston Nutt's Razorbacks were picked to win the SEC Western Division, but suffered a series of setbacks during the season.
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Houston Nutt was named SEC coach of the year by the Associated Press and by the SEC coaches.
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In 2002, Houston Nutt's Razorbacks stumbled midway through the season but rallied to pull together five straight wins, including a last second touchdown pass against LSU, often referred to as the "Miracle on Markham" to pull out a share of a Western Division title.
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Houston Nutt was named SEC coach of the year by the Associated Press and by the SEC coaches for the second time.
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Three days after defeating LSU, Houston Nutt resigned as head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks amid several controversies and rumors, which had come prior to and throughout the 2007 season.
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On November 27,2007, Houston Nutt was hired as the new head coach of the Ole Miss Rebels, replacing former head coach Ed Orgeron, who was fired after three consecutive losing seasons.
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Houston Nutt was an assistant on Crowe's staff at that time.
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All four victories were vacated in 2019 as punishment for recruiting violations committed by members of Houston Nutt's staff, leaving the team officially winless.
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Houston Nutt set an Ole Miss coaching record with his 12th straight Southeastern Conference loss.
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On November 7,2011, Houston Nutt was fired by the University of Mississippi, but was allowed to coach through the end of the season.
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Two wins in non-conference play were vacated in 2019 as punishment for recruiting violations committed by members of Houston Nutt's staff, leaving the team officially winless.
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Houston Nutt was alleged to have cheated by allowing ineligible students to play in Ole Miss games in 2011 and 2012.
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However, Houston Nutt filed suit against Ole Miss, and the suit was later settled with the university and Houston Nutt issuing this official statement:.
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Apparently, two assistants under Houston Nutt had conspired to fix certain players' ACT scores to make them eligible to play and those assistants under Houston Nutt were found guilty of academic fraud.