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Chris Crutchfield
Chris DeShawn Crutchfield (born December 20, 1968) is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the Omaha Mavericks men's basketball team.
| Current position |
|---|
| Head coach |
| Omaha |
| Summit |
| 62–71 (.466) |
| (1968-12-20) December 20, 1968Hopkinsville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Omaha |
| Omaha (assistant) |
| UTSA (assistant) |
| Tyler JC (assistant) |
| Tyler JC |
| New Mexico State (assistant) |
| TCU (assistant) |
| Oral Roberts (assistant) |
| Oklahoma (assistant) |
| Arkansas (assistant) |
| East Central |
| Oregon (assistant) |
| Omaha |
| TCU (DBO) |
| 62–71 (.466) (NCAA DI)10–9 (.526) (NCAA DII)35–29 (.547) (NJCAA) |
| 0–1 (NCAA DI) |
| Summit League regular season (2025)Summit League tournament (2025) |
| Ben Jobe Award (2025)Summit League Coach of the Year (2025) |
Chris DeShawn Crutchfield (born December 20, 1968) is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the Omaha Mavericks men's basketball team.
Crutchfield was a two-sport athlete at Omaha, where he was a member of the basketball and football teams.
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. 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.
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. 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. 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.
On March 18, 2022, Crutchfield was named the 22nd head coach in Omaha men's basketball history, replacing Derrin Hansen.
| 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 | 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 | 22–13 | 13–3 | 1st | NCAA Division I Round of 64 |
| 2025–26 | Omaha | 16–17 | 8–8 | T–4th | |
| Omaha: | 62–71 (.466) | 33–33 (.500) | |||
| Total: | 107–109 (.495) | ||||
| 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 | | | | | |
- Oklahoma Sooners profile
- Arkansas Razorbacks profile
- East Central Tigers profile
- Oregon Ducks profile
- Omaha Mavericks profile
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