Jim Crutchfield is an American college basketball coach who is the head coach of the Nova Southeastern Sharks men's basketball team.
Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Nova Southeastern |
Conference | Sunshine State |
Biographical details | |
Alma mater | West Virginia University |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Basketball | |
1979–1989 | Cameron HS |
1989–2004 | West Liberty (assistant) |
2004–2017 | West Liberty |
2017–present | Nova Southeastern |
Tennis | |
1989–2004 | West Liberty |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 538–85 (.864) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
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Awards | |
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Early life
editCrutchfield grew up in Clarksburg, West Virginia and attended Roosevelt-Wilson High School, where he played basketball.[1] He graduated from West Virginia University in 1978.[2]
Coaching career
editCrutchfield began his coaching career as the head coach of Cameron High School, where he also taught mathmatics.[3]
Crutchfield was originally hired as the head men's and women's tennis coach and as an assistant men's basketball coach for the West Liberty Hilltoppers in 1989.[4] As a tennis coach, he won a combined 11 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) titles and was named the WVIAC Coach of the Year eight times.[5] He was hired as the head men's basketball coach at West Liberty in 2004.[6]
Crutchfield was hired as the head coach at Nova Southeastern on March 21, 2017.[7] During the 2022–2023 he coached the Sharks to a 36–0 record as the team won the 2023 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament.[8] The following season, Nova Southeastern went 32–3 and returned to the national championship game where they lost to Minnesota State 88–85.[9]
Head coaching record
editSeason | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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West Liberty Hilltoppers (West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2004–2013) | |||||||||
2004–05 | West Liberty | 21–10 | 13–6 | ||||||
2005–06 | West Liberty | 21–8 | 11–7 | ||||||
2006–07 | West Liberty | 25–5 | 17–1 | NCAA Division II First Round | |||||
2007–08 | West Liberty | 23–6 | 14–5 | ||||||
2008–09 | West Liberty | 23–7 | 16–4 | ||||||
2009–10 | West Liberty | 29–3 | 21–1 | NCAA Division II Sweet 16 | |||||
2010–11 | West Liberty | 33–1 | 22–0 | NCAA Division II Final Four | |||||
2011–12 | West Liberty | 32–3 | 21–1 | NCAA Division II Elite Eight | |||||
2012–13 | West Liberty | 34–2 | 21–1 | NCAA Division II Final Four | |||||
West Liberty Hilltoppers (Mountain East Conference) (2013–2017) | |||||||||
2013–14 | West Liberty | 31–4 | 20–2 | NCAA Division II Runner-Up | |||||
2014–15 | West Liberty | 28–4 | 21–2 | NCAA Division II Sweet 16 | |||||
2015–16 | West Liberty | 31–4 | 20–2 | NCAA Division II Final Four | |||||
2016–17 | West Liberty | 28–4 | 19–3 | NCAA Division II First Round | |||||
West Liberty: | 359–61 (.855) | 236–35 (.871) | |||||||
Nova Southeastern (Sunshine State Conference) (2017–present) | |||||||||
2017–18 | Nova Southeastern | 17–10 | 11–9 | T–4th | |||||
2018–19 | Nova Southeastern | 29–4 | 18–2 | 1st | NCAA Division II Elite Eight | ||||
2019–20 | Nova Southeastern | 23–6 | 15–5 | 2nd | No postseason held | ||||
2020–21 | Nova Southeastern[a] | ||||||||
2021–22 | Nova Southeastern | 31–1 | 20–0 | 1st | NCAA Division II Elite Eight | ||||
2022–23 | Nova Southeastern | 36–0 | 20–0 | 1st | NCAA Division II Champion | ||||
2023–24 | Nova Southeastern | 32–3 | 18–2 | NCAA Division II Runner-Up | |||||
2024–25 | Nova Southeastern | 11–0 | 3–0 | ||||||
Nova Southeastern: | 179–24 (.882) | 105–18 (.854) | |||||||
Total: | 538–85 (.864) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ^ Ryan, Rick (June 18, 2023). "Rick Ryan: Will D-II coach Crutchfield be among candidates for WVU job?". Charleston Gazette-Mail. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
- ^ "Crutchfield tops all coaches in winning percentage". Times West Virginian. November 12, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
- ^ Weinreb, Michael (February 20, 2013). "Hurry Up and Wait". Grantland. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
- ^ "Jim Crutchfield 'miracle man' at West Liberty". The Register-Herald. May 15, 2013. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
- ^ "Former WLU Hoops Coach Crutchfield Displays Tennis Skills". The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register. June 9, 2019. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
- ^ "Crutchfield simply has the winning recipe wherever he goes to coach". The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register. March 11, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
- ^ "NSU hires Div. II veteran Jim Crutchfield as men's basketball coach". Sun Sentinel. March 21, 2017. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
- ^ "NSU Sharks win first men's basketball national championship, end perfect 36-0 season". Sun Sentinel. March 25, 2023. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
- ^ Villa, Walter (October 29, 2024). "Surprise return of point guard could fuel more NSU success". Miami Herald. Retrieved November 18, 2024.