Brian Sutphin

Brian Sutphin has had an illustrious 30 years of coaching baseball. He has been the head coach at Hurricane High School for past 17 seasons. Prior to that, he spent 3 season as the coach at Alderson Broaddus College, and 2 seasons as the head coach a Nitro High School before that. 

In his time as head coach he has accumulated 540 wins and only 198 losses. His Hurricane teams won state championships in 2014, 2018, 2022, and 2025. In the 2025 the Redskins captured the first ever AAAA State Championship in WV history. In addition, his teams were state runners-up in 2017, 2019, and 2021.

Sutphin a native of St. Albans, WV, was inducted into St. Albans Hall of Fame in 2024. He was also inducted in the Southern Sports Legends Hall of Fame in 2023. These honors go along with several MSAC and Kanawha Valley coach of the year honors.

In the summer of 2025, Sutphin was named the head coach of the Staunton Braves of the Valley Baseball League one of the premier college baseball summer leagues. He was named the Valley League coach of the year for 2025 after leading his team to a 2nd place finish in the South Division. 

An active member of the WVBCA, he has been a clinic speaker in 2012, 2017, 2021, and 2024. As well as serving in various roles for the association over the years. 

Brian resides in Hurricane, WV with his wife Missy. They have two sons, Reece and Tanner. Reece graduated from Hurricane and was All-State player for his father in 2023. Tanner also played for his father and graduated in 2024.