Carnell Suttles was part of Cathedral’s first class of Hall of Fame inductees in February. Four months later, the successful Cathedral boys basketball coach was told the school was heading in another direction.
Suttles recently learned of his fate after meeting with second-year athletic director Jimmy Lynch, who didn’t return repeated calls seeking comment.
“They handed me a piece of paper saying in the best interests of the students, they were going to hire another coach,” said Suttles. “I asked them to explain what they meant by that and they couldn’t do it. We didn’t cut any kids here, our kids were graduating and getting into colleges.”
Under Suttles and assistant coach Tree Washington, who was also let go, Cathedral was the premier Division 4 program in the state. Over the last six years, the Panthers won three state titles and reached the South sectional final each year, going 115-30 overall.
“It’s a sad day,” said the personable Suttles. “If the program wasn’t doing well, I would be the first guy to say that we need to make a change. But we made the tournament every year I coached except for the first one when we took a winless team from the year before and went 9-11.”
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