<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Associated Press STILLWATER, Okla. -- Eddie Sutton smiled, knowing his alma mater would be in good hands. Looking back, Sutton remembered the day 14 years ago when his mentor, Henry Iba, beamed with satisfaction that his student would return to Oklahoma State to take over a program that had struggled with only one NCAA Tournament appearance in 25 years. After making his second trip to the Final Four with Oklahoma State last year, Sutton didn't want to see the Cowboys fade again after he retired. He got his wish Wednesday when his son, associate head coach Sean Sutton, was chosen to succeed him whenever he decides to retire. This time, he played Iba's role. "I think I have that same smile on my face today," Eddie Sutton said. "I had great concern whoever it was could carry on what we have established here. I'm sure there's some other coaches around the country that could do that, but no one would I entrust more this program than Sean." Sean Sutton has been with his father for most of his basketball development. He has been on his father's coaching staff at Oklahoma State for 11 seasons and was named associate head coach in 2000. Sutton, 35, also played two years under his father at Kentucky and two more years after both came to Oklahoma State in 1990. His only year away was in 1993 when he served as an assistant coach at Mississippi. "I've prepared my whole life to be in this moment," Sean Sutton said, "and I will do my best to try to make it work."</div> Story
