| 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 Asst to Head Coach |
With more than 30 years of coaching experience, including 19 years as a head coach, David "Dickey" Nutt is in his fifth season at Mizzou as assistant to the head coach. During his first four years on campus, Nutt has played an important role in helping the Tigers return to national prominence.
Mizzou has eclipsed 20 wins and advanced to the NCAA Tournament in three of four years with the veteran coach on the sideline. Highlighting his tenure, Nutt has helped the Tigers earn their first postseason win in 13 years in 2023, while also advancing to the SEC Tournament Semifinals for the first time in program history. Playing a key role in building the team for sustained success, Nutt has also helped land two top-10 recruiting classes nationally in 2023-24 and 2025-26, while most recently, the Tigers earned double-digit SEC wins in back-to-back seasons for the first time in program history.
Overall, Nutt has worked with seven players who have signed with NBA franchises following their time at Mizzou – including 2023 first-round NBA Draft selection Kobe Brown – in addition to a pair of All-SEC honorees.
An experienced Division I coach, Nutt joined MU with head-coaching tenures at both Arkansas State from 1995 to 2008 and Southeast Missouri State from 2009 to 2015. The 1998 Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year, Nutt guided Arkansas State to 189 wins, two Sun Belt Championships and the program's only NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament appearance in 1999.
Following his head coaching stints, Nutt joined Leonard Hamilton's staff at Florida State as a video coordinator and was a part of the Seminoles’ 2018 Elite Eight run. He also worked with Coach Gates at Cleveland State as a Special Assistant Coach for Student-Athlete Development. Directly prior to joining the Tigers, Nutt served as the head coach and athletic director at Gaston College in Dallas, North Carolina during the 2021-22 campaign.
Nutt played collegiately at Oklahoma State and began his coaching career as an assistant at Stillwater High School from 1982-85. He then joined the coaching staff at his alma mater, where he worked for Leonard Hamilton and alongside current Kansas head coach, Bill Self.
Nutt has two sons, Logan and Lucas, and a daughter Lexis. Logan is head basketball coach at Arkansas State Newport, and Lucas runs 3:16 Athletics Training Center.
Hailing from a large family of coaches, Nutt’s older brother, Houston, works a college football studio analyst for CBS and was previously the head football coach at Ole Miss and Arkansas. His younger brother, Danny, served as an Assistant Athletics Director for Player Development at Ole Miss and was the running backs coach at Arkansas and Eastern Illinois. Nutt's third brother, Dennis, previously played for the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks was also the head coach at Texas State, while currently serving as the head coach at Ouachita Baptist in Arkadelphia, Arkansas.
Nutt earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education and his master’s in athletic administration, both from Oklahoma State.