Chris Crutchfield
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamOmaha
ConferenceSummit
Record15–30 (.333)
Biographical details
BornHopkinsville, Kentucky, U.S.
Playing career
1989–1992Omaha
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995–1996Omaha (assistant)
1996–1997UTSA (assistant)
1997–1999Tyler JC (assistant)
1999–2001Tyler JC
2001–2005New Mexico State (assistant)
2005–2006TCU (DBO)
2006–2007TCU (assistant)
2007–2011Oral Roberts (assistant)
2011–2019Oklahoma (assistant)
2019–2020Arkansas (assistant)
2020–2021East Central
2021–2022Oregon (assistant)
2022–presentOmaha
Head coaching record
Overall15–30 (.333) (NCAA DI)
10–9 (.526) (NCAA DII)
35–29 (.547) (NJCAA)

Chris Crutchfield is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the Omaha Mavericks men's basketball team.[1]

Playing career

Crutchfield was a two-sport athlete at Omaha, where he was a member of the basketball and football teams.[1]

Coaching career

Beginning 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.[2][3] 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.[4]

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.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7][8]

On March 18, 2022, Crutchfield was named the 22nd head coach in Omaha men's basketball history, replacing Derrin Hansen.[9][10]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Tyler JC (NJCAA Region XIV) (1999–2001)
1999–00 Tyler JC 20–13N/A
2000–01 Tyler JC 15–16[11]N/A
Tyler JC: 35–29 (.547)0–0 (–)
East Central Tigers (GAC) (2020–2021)
2020–21 East Central 10–99–8
East Central: 10–9 (.526)9–8 (.529)
Omaha Mavericks (Summit) (2022–present)
2022–23 Omaha 9–234–1410th
2023–24 Omaha 6–70–0
Omaha: 15–30 (.333)4–14 (.222)
Total:60–68 (.469)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. 1 2 "Chris Crutchfield Named Omaha Men's Basketball Head Coach". University of Nebraska Omaha. March 18, 2022.
  2. ↑ WILSON, JOE. "Journeyman: Former Hoptown star, Chris Crutchfield, blossoms as coach". Kentucky New Era.
  3. ↑ "Bittersweet 16 For Former TJC Coaches Keller and Crutchfield | Tyler Junior College Athletics". www.apacheathletics.com.
  4. ↑ "Crutchfield Named TCU Director of Basketball Operations". TCU Athletics.
  5. ↑ "Chris Crutchfield". Arkansas Razorbacks. May 17, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Chris Crutchfield - Men's Basketball Coach". East Central University Athletics.
  7. ↑ "2020-21 Men's Basketball Schedule". East Central University Athletics.
  8. ↑ "Chris Crutchfield - Men's Basketball Coach". University of Oregon Athletics.
  9. ↑ 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)
  10. ↑ Writer, Gene Schinzel World-Herald Staff. "UNO officially hires former Mav Chris Crutchfield as men's basketball coach". Omaha World-Herald.
  11. ↑ "Tyler Junior College - Schedule - NJCAA Stats". NJCAA.
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