Norfolk State University Athletics

Drew Suttmiller is in his seventh season working with the NSU coaching staff. After serving as a student assistant in 2011 and volunteer assistant from 2012-16, he now serves as assistant coach. Suttmiller is the team’s hitting coach, oversees infield defense and assists with camps/clinics, team academics and practice preparation.

A total of 10 Spartan position players have earned All-MEAC honors over the last five seasons with Suttmiller on staff. Last year, NSU ranked 14th in the nation and first in the MEAC in stolen bases per game and averaged 6.2 runs per contest, good for second in the MEAC and 62nd nationally. In 2015, NSU was 22nd in the nation in stolen bases per game and led the MEAC in both runs per game and batting average. The Spartans won the MEAC Northern Division regular-season title in both seasons, the first two MEAC divisional titles in school history.

Suttmiller played two years at shortstop for the Spartans (2009-10) after transferring from Allegany College in Maryland. Suttmiller played in 71 games in his NSU career, starting 68. He batted .301 over his time as a Spartan with 11 doubles, four triples and 37 RBI. Suttmiller batted .314 as a junior in 2009, and .277 in an injury-shortened senior campaign in 2010.

Suttmiller, a Chesapeake native, earned his bachelor’s degree in business from NSU in 2011 and his master’s in coaching and sports administration from Concordia University Irvine in 2013. Suttmiller and his wife, Ashley, reside in Chesapeake with their daughter, Emery.