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| Position: | Guard |
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| Born: | (1966-08-29)August 29, 1966 (age 58) Fort Smith, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight: | 282 lb (128 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Fort Smith (AR) |
| College: | Oklahoma |
| NFL draft: | 1988: 3rd round, 67th pick |
| Career history | |
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Mark Hutson (born August 29, 1966) is anAmerican football coach and former player.
Hutson playedcollege football at theUniversity of Oklahoma, where he was a consensus selection atoffensive guard to the1987 College Football All-America Team. He was selected by theDallas Cowboys in the third round of the1988 NFL draft, but an injury ended his playing career before making any regular-season appearances in theNational Football League (NFL).
Hutson served as the interim head football coach atEastern Illinois University for the 2006 season and atTulane University for the final six games of the 2011 season.
Hutson attendedFort Smith Northside High School, where he was an All-stateoffensive tackle. He accepted a football scholarship from theUniversity of Oklahoma.[1] He was named the starter atleft tackle as a true freshman, becoming only the seventh true rookie in school history to have earned a letter on theoffensive line.[2]
In 1985, he was moved from tackle toleft guard in the third game against theUniversity of Texas, where he would remain in the following years. The team would go on to win the national championship in the1986 Orange Bowl againstPenn State University.
In 1986, theoffensive line was so effective, that it earned a Player of the Week nomination as a unit, after the season opener 38–3 win againstUCLA.
In 1987, he was part of anoffensive line that contributed to the Sooners leading the nation with a 499.7 rushing-yard average per game. On October 17, Oklahoma rushed for 518 yards againstKansas State University. On October 31, the team rushed for 565 yards and 8touchdowns against theUniversity of Kansas, averaging 8.3 yards per carry. In the1988 Orange Bowl, he picked up an intentional fumble (afumblerooski play) and ran 29 yards for atouchdown, although the Sooners would lose the game (14-20) and the national championship to theUniversity of Miami.[3] He played in the 1988Hula Bowl.
He started 36 straight games (the most by a player underBarry Switzer). He also contributed to a 42–5–1 overall record and the 1985 national championship. In 1999, he was selected to the OU second-team All-Century team as one of the Top 100 Players in school History, following a stellar college career, which saw him selected toAll-American teams in 1986 and 1987.[4] He was team captain for the 1987 Championship team and was selectedAll-Big Eight three times.[5][6]
Hutson was selected by theDallas Cowboys in the third round (67th overall) of the1988 NFL draft, after dropping because of his limitations in pass-blocking.[7] Two weeks into training camp he suffered a herniated disc that required back surgery to remove it.[8] He was placed on theinjured reserve list on August 31.
After trying to regain his playing form, he was eventually waived on June 1,1989 and forced into early retirement.[9]
Hutson began his coaching career at his alma mater,Oklahoma, in 1990 as agraduate assistant. He coached withHouston Nutt atMurray State University,Boise State University and theUniversity of Arkansas. While with the Razorbacks, Hutson was selectedSoutheastern Conference Special Teams Coach of the Year.[10]
His coaching travels next took Hutson to theUniversity of Tulsa as the offensive line coach from 2000 to 2002. Following Tulsa, Hutson came toEastern Illinois University and spent four seasons as assistant head coach, offensive coordinator, and offensive line coach. In the 2006 season, he jumped in as acting head coach whenBob Spoo was sidelined after surgery.[11] The team finished with an 8–5 season record, 7–1 in theOhio Valley Conference, winning a co-championship withUT Martin.
During Hutson's first tenure at Eastern Illinois, the team won two conference titles and went to theNCAA Division I playoff twice. The team he led as interim head coach lost in the first round of the 2006 playoffs, 24–13, toIllinois State.
Hutson joined theTulane University staff in 2007 as offensive line coach. He was named interim coach for Tulane's remaining six games following the resignation ofBob Toledo.[12]
On February 11, 2012, Hutson was hired by the Oakland Raiders to be the tight ends coach under head coachDennis Allen.[13] Following Allen's 2014 dismissal, Hutson was not retained by new head coachJack Del Rio for the 2015 season.
In 2015, Hutson returned toEastern Illinois as the associate head coach and offensive line coach. He then returned to the NFL for the 2016 season as the assistant offensive line coach for theCleveland Browns and remained in that position through 2018. For the 2019 and 2020 football seasons, Hutson served as an offensive analyst atLSU under head coachEd Orgeron. In 2021, he returned to an on-field coaching position atTennessee State as the offensive line coach.
In 2022, Hutson was named head football coach atSallisaw High School inSallisaw, Oklahoma. In November 2022, Hutson resigned as the head coach at Sallisaw.
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | TSN# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Illinois Panthers(Ohio Valley Conference)(2006) | |||||||||
| 2007 | Eastern Illinois | 8–5 | 7–1 | T–1st | LNCAA Division I First Round | 15 | |||
| Eastern Illinois: | 8–5 | 7–1 | |||||||
| Tulane Green Wave(Conference USA)(2011) | |||||||||
| 2011 | Tulane | 0–6[n 1] | 0–5[n 1] | 6th(West) | |||||
| Tulane: | 0–6 | 0–5 | |||||||
| Total: | 8–11 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sallisaw Black Diamonds()(2022) | |||||||||
| 2022 | Sallisaw | 0–10 | 0–7 | 8th | |||||
| Sallisaw: | 0–10 | 0–7 | |||||||
| Total: | 0–10 | ||||||||
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