Chris DeShawn Crutchfield (born December 20, 1968)[1] is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the Omaha Mavericks men's basketball team.[2]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Omaha |
| Conference | Summit |
| Record | 26–44 (.371) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | December 20, 1968[1] Hopkinsville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1989–1992 | Omaha |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1995–1996 | Omaha (assistant) |
| 1996–1997 | UTSA (assistant) |
| 1997–1999 | Tyler JC (assistant) |
| 1999–2001 | Tyler JC |
| 2001–2005 | New Mexico State (assistant) |
| 2005–2006 | TCU (DBO) |
| 2006–2007 | TCU (assistant) |
| 2007–2011 | Oral Roberts (assistant) |
| 2011–2019 | Oklahoma (assistant) |
| 2019–2020 | Arkansas (assistant) |
| 2020–2021 | East Central |
| 2021–2022 | Oregon (assistant) |
| 2022–present | Omaha |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 26–44 (.371) (NCAA DI) 10–9 (.526) (NCAA DII) 35–29 (.547) (NJCAA) |
Playing career
editCrutchfield was a two-sport athlete at Omaha, where he was a member of the basketball and football teams.[2]
Coaching career
editBeginning his coaching career at his alma mater Omaha, Crutchfield would then move to UTSA before landing at Tyler Junior College where he would be an assistant, then head coach from 1999 to 2001 where he would compile a 35–29 overall record.[3][4] Crutchfield would then join Lou Henson's staff at New Mexico State from 2001 to 2005 before assistant coaching stops at TCU and Oral Roberts.[5]
In 2011, Crutchfield landed on Lon Kruger's coaching staff at Oklahoma where he was a part of six NCAA Tournament appearances, including the Sooners' 2016 Final Four team.[6] In 2019, Crutchfield would join Eric Musselman at Arkansas for a single season before taking the head coaching position at East Central, a Division II institution.[7] In his lone season at the helm of East Central, Crutchfield guided the team to a 10–9 mark before heading back to the Division I ranks as an assistant under Dana Altman at Oregon.[8][9]
On March 18, 2022, Crutchfield was named the 22nd head coach in Omaha men's basketball history, replacing Derrin Hansen.[10][11]
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler JC (NJCAA Region XIV) (1999–2001) | |||||||||
| 1999–00 | Tyler JC | 20–13 | N/A | ||||||
| 2000–01 | Tyler JC | 15–16[12] | N/A | ||||||
| Tyler JC: | 35–29 (.547) | 0–0 (–) | |||||||
| East Central Tigers (GAC) (2020–2021) | |||||||||
| 2020–21 | East Central | 10–9 | 9–8 | ||||||
| East Central: | 10–9 (.526) | 9–8 (.529) | |||||||
| Omaha Mavericks (Summit) (2022–present) | |||||||||
| 2022–23 | Omaha | 9–23 | 4–14 | 10th | |||||
| 2023–24 | Omaha | 15–18 | 7–9 | 6th | |||||
| 2024–25 | Omaha | 2–3 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Omaha: | 26–44 (.371) | 11–23 (.324) | |||||||
| Total: | 71–82 (.464) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ^ a b "Chris Crutchfield". coachesdatabase.com. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
- ^ a b "Chris Crutchfield Named Omaha Men's Basketball Head Coach". University of Nebraska Omaha. March 18, 2022.
- ^ WILSON, JOE. "Journeyman: Former Hoptown star, Chris Crutchfield, blossoms as coach". Kentucky New Era.
- ^ "Bittersweet 16 For Former TJC Coaches Keller and Crutchfield | Tyler Junior College Athletics". www.apacheathletics.com.
- ^ "Crutchfield Named TCU Director of Basketball Operations". TCU Athletics.
- ^ "Chris Crutchfield". Arkansas Razorbacks. May 17, 2019.
- ^ "Chris Crutchfield - Men's Basketball Coach". East Central University Athletics.
- ^ "2020-21 Men's Basketball Schedule". East Central University Athletics.
- ^ "Chris Crutchfield - Men's Basketball Coach". University of Oregon Athletics.
- ^ Oregonian/OregonLive, James Crepea | The (March 18, 2022). "Oregon men's basketball assistant Chris Crutchfield to become head coach at Omaha, his alma mater". oregonlive.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Writer, Gene Schinzel World-Herald Staff. "UNO officially hires former Mav Chris Crutchfield as men's basketball coach". Omaha World-Herald.
- ^ "Tyler Junior College - Schedule - NJCAA Stats". NJCAA.