Jim Crews
Jim Crews (born February 14, 1954)
Teams coach: Evansville Purple Aces, Army Black Knights, Saint Louis Billikens
Evansville record: 294-209 (.584)
Army record: 59-140 (.296)
Saint Louis record: 77-56 (.579)
Overall record: 430-405 (.515)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 6 (1989, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2013, 2014)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 2 (1988, 1994)
- Atlantic 10 Regular Season Champion: 2 (2013, 2014)
- Missouri Valley Regular Season Champion: 1 (1999)
- MCC Regular Season Champion: 4 (1987, 1989, 1992, 1993)
- Atlantic 10 Tournament Champion: 1 (2013)
- MCC Tournament Champion: 3 (1992, 1993)
Awards:
- NABC Coach of the Year: 1 (2013)
- Sporting News Coach of the Year: 1 (2013)
- Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year: 2 (2013, 2014)
- Missouri Valley Coach of the Year: 1 (1999)
- MCC Coach of the Year: 3 (1987, 1989, 1992)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2012-2016 | Saint Louis |
| 2011-2012 | Saint Louis (asst) |
| 2002-2009 | Army |
| 1985-2002 | Evansville |
| 1977-1985 | Indiana (asst) |
Jim Crews Facts
- James S. Crews
- Born February 14, 1954
- Hometown: Normal, Illinois
- Alma Mater: Indiana University (1976)
- Played for the Indiana Hoosiers under legendary head coach Bob Knight
- Was a member of the 1976 IU team that went undefeated 32-0 and won the National Championship
- After graduating from IU, worked on Knight‘s staff for eight years; was part of Indiana’s 1981 National Championship team
- Coached the Evansville Purple Aces for seventeen seasons, leading the program to four NCAA Tournaments and two NITs
- Won four MCC titles and then won the 1999 Missouri Valley title after the program changed leagues
- Finished with an overall record of 294-209, the second-most wins in program history behind Arad McCutchan
- Became the head coach at Army in 2002, a position that was held decades earlier by his college coach Knight
- Went 59-140 over seven seasons at the helm
- Returned to coaching as an assistant to Rick Majerus at Saint Louis
- Spent the 2012-13 season as interim head coach, due to Majerus‘ medical leave, and was later promoted to head coach following the tragic passing of Majerus during that season
- Led the Billikens to back-to-back Atlantic 10 titles and NCAA berths
- Fired in March 2016 following a second-straight 11-21 season
- Currently assists Tom Abernathy, his former teammate at IU, in running the Indiana Basketball Academy, based in Indianapolis
- Along with his wife, Kim, has one daughter and one son
Jim Crews Coaching Tree
- Adam Bohac (Central Missorui, Southern Nazarene)
- Brad Brownell (Clemson, Wright State, UNC Wilmington)
- Lennox Forrester (SIU Edwardsville)
- Chris Mack (Louisville, Xavier)
- Will Rey (Loyola IL)
- Kareem Richardson (UMKC)
- Marty Simmons (Eastern Illinois, Evansville, SIU Edwardsville, Wartburg)
- Jim Whitesell (Buffalo)