Wyatt Sutton rejoined the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) in January 2022 to serve as the Assistant Commissioner for Championships and Sports Administration, following a brief period as Director of Facilities, Operations, and Events at Norfolk State University. In October 2023, Sutton was promoted to an Associate Commissioner position.
This is Sutton's second stint with the conference office.
While at Norfolk State, Sutton supervised all operational logistics for the school's home athletic events and was responsible for facility enhancements and preventative maintenance for all athletic facilities. During his time at Norfolk State, he completed several hundred thousand dollars in facility enhancements, including upgrades to Echols Hall Arena and Dick Price Stadium.
Prior to his tenure at Norfolk State, Sutton's post at the MEAC was as Director of Compliance and Championships. Prior to that, he had been the Assistant Director of Compliance and Championships since August 2016. As Assistant Director, Sutton served as the conference liaison to the MEAC member institutions, where he assisted with eligibility and interpretations of NCAA and MEAC rules education and governance, as well as the coordination of MEAC championships. He also served as the MEAC's Student-Athlete Advisor Committee (SAAC) advisor.
Currently, Sutton is primarly responsible for supervising all 13 of the MEAC's championships, which entails strategic planning, developing and managing budgets, identfying and securing venues, staffing, securing corporate partners and managing any and all broadcasts and marketing activations.
Sutton originally came to the MEAC after serving as the Athletic Academic Counselor and Compliance Coordinator at Alcorn State University in Lorman, Miss. In this post, he oversaw compliance and academic matters relating both NCAA and SWAC initial eligibility for new student-athletes and continuing eligibility for returning and transfer student-athletes, provided academic advisement for baseball and softball student-athletes, as well as maintained the compliance website and produce the compliance electronic newsletter.
Sutton is no stranger to athletics; he was a graduate assistant in athletics compliance at Jackson State University in Jackson, Miss. In this post, he processed waivers for initial eligibility for new student-athletes and continuing eligibility for returning and transfer student-athletes, monitored progress-towards-degree completion, interpreted NCAA and Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) by-laws, rules and regulations for all 18 intercollegiate athletic programs to coaches and staff, issued National Letters of Intent and financial aid agreements for prospective student-athlete as well as oversaw game day complimentary ticket admissions. In 2016, he participated in the NCAA Emerging Leaders Seminar (ELS).
As a student-athlete, Sutton was a walk-on catcher on the Tigers' baseball team from 2010-15. His team won the 2013 and 2014 SWAC Tournament championships and the 2012-13 and 2013-14 teams earned bids to the NCAA Baseball Tournament. The 2013-14 team won in the first round of the NCAA Baseball Tournament against the No. 1 team in the country, the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns.
Sutton, a native of Jackson, Miss., a product of Jackson Public Schools (JPS) - Jim Hill High School, earned a Bachelor's degree in civil engineering (2014) and Master's degree in sports science management (2016), both from Jackson State.
He is a member of the Collegiate Event and Facility Management Association (CEFMA).
Sutton is the son of BoNita L. Harris, and currently resides in Norfolk, Va. He is also a member of The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.