Editing Houston Nutt (section)

==Early life and family==
Houston Nutt Jr. was born in Arkansas, a distant descendant of [[Haller Nutt]] and member of the Nutt family, which is prominent in Southern society. He is the son of the late Houston Dale Nutt Sr., and Emogene Nutt and is the oldest of four children. Houston Nutt Sr. briefly played basketball for the [[University of Kentucky]] under [[Adolph Rupp]] before transferring to [[Oklahoma State University–Stillwater|Oklahoma A&M]] (now Oklahoma State) in 1952. Nutt graduated from [[Little Rock Central High School]].<ref>Allen, Nate. [http://www.baxterbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071127/SPORTS/711270350/1006 "Nutt resigns as Hogs' head coach"]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''[[The Baxter Bulletin]]'', November 27, 2007. Accessed November 27, 2007. "Broyles — who as coach recruited Nutt from Little Rock Central to the Razorbacks as a quarterback in 1976 — and White both lauded Nutt's accomplishments..."</ref> His parents taught at the Arkansas School for the Deaf at [[Little Rock, Arkansas]], for 35 years. His father also served as athletic director and head basketball coach for the school. His father was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in 2001. During his childhood, Houston and his brothers were daily members at the Billy Mitchell Boys and Girls Club in Little Rock.

Wife Diana, like Nutt, graduated from [[Oklahoma State University – Stillwater|Oklahoma State University]]. The couple have four children together: Houston III (born March 11, 1987), twins Hailey and Hanna (born September 26, 1988), and Haven (born March 19, 1991).

Nutt's brother [[Dickey Nutt]] was the head basketball coach at [[Arkansas State University]] until he announced his resignation on February 19, 2008. He was also head coach at Southeast Missouri State of the OVC, before moving on to coach at [[Stetson University]]. He is now a special assistant coach at Cleveland State. His brother [[Danny Nutt]] served as the Assistant Athletics Director for Player Development at Ole Miss during Houston's tenure as head coach. Nutt's youngest brother [[Dennis Nutt]], a former [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] player, is head men's basketball coach at Ouachita Baptist University.