David Nutt

Biography

David "Dickey" Nutt Coaching Career 1985-87 Oklahoma State Assistant Coach 1987-95 Arkansas State Assistant Coach 1995-08 Arkansas State Head Coach 2009-15 SE Missouri State Head Coach 2015-18 Florida State Video Coordinator 2018-19 Stetson Assistant Coach 2019-21 Cleveland State Special Assistant Coach 2021-22 Gaston College Head Coach/Athletic Dir. 2022- Missouri Assistant Coach (22-24) Senior Advisor (24-25) Assistant Coach (25- ) Bringing more than 30 years of coaching experience to Missouri, including 19 years as a head coach, David "Dickey" Nutt is in his fourth season with the Tigers, returning to the sideline as an assistant coach in 2025-26. In his first campaign with the Tigers, Nutt helped lead a turnaround in Columbia that accumulated in the program’s top season in years. The Tigers improved their record by 12 games in 2022-23 – the seventh-best mark in the nation and the highest by a power-conference team – as MU claimed its most wins in 11 years, won its first NCAA Tournament game in 13 seasons and recorded its best conference finish since joining the SEC in 2012. The success didn’t stop after just one season on campus. In 2023, Nutt helped the Tigers land the nation’s fifth-ranked recruiting class and followed it up with three wins over schools ranked in the top five in 2024-25 – a first for the program since 1988-89. Overall, Mizzou has eclipsed 20 wins and advanced to the NCAA Tournament in two of three years with Nutt on the sideline. An experienced Division