CRAIGHEAD PEGS JOSH SUTTLES AS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TOP ASSISTANT 6/9/2009 SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sacramento State head women’s basketball coach Jamie Craighead announced the hiring of Josh Suttles as the program’s top assistant. Suttles comes to Sacramento from SUNY-Cobleskill, where he spent six years as the school’s head coach. Suttles posted a 125-44 overall record with the Fighting Tigers, leading the team through a transition from junior college to Division III institution. In their first year in Division III, Suttles led the team to a 19-8 overall record, which included an 18-game winning streak and a first place regular season finish in the North Eastern Athletic Conference. The team was rewarded as the top seed and host school for the Eastern Coast Athletic Conference Upstate Region Division III Women’s Basketball Championship Tournament. “Josh brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience,” Craighead said. “He has outstanding people skills, and his experience at Cobleskill has prepared him well for the Division I level. Josh will be a terrific on-court coach as well as an excellent recruiter. I am thrilled to have him join my coaching staff.” Suttles took over a SUNY-Cobleskill program in 2003 that had combined for just nine wins the previous two seasons, and in his second season produced a 22-6 record. During the five years he directed the Fighting Tigers in the junior college ranks, the team ranked in the top five in the nation in scoring defense four times and reached the National Junior College Athletic Association Tournament three times. Suttles coached 13 all-Mountain Valley Conference selections, nine NJCAA Region III Division III all-region honorees, three NJCAA Division III Academic All-America recipients and two NJCAA Division III All-America selections during his time at Cobleskill. Prior to his time in New York, Suttles worked as a men’s basketball assistant at his alma mater, Southern Mississippi, from 2000-02, before taking a job in the school’s admissions office in 2003. A native of Knoxville, Tenn., he earned bachelor’s degrees in physical education and coaching and sports administration, before earning a master’s in sports administration in 2001 from Southern Miss.