Joe Crispin
American basketball coach (born 1979)
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Joseph Steven Crispin (born July 18, 1979) is an American men's college basketball coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of the Air Force Falcons men's basketball team. He previously served as an assistant coach at Penn State University and as the head coach at Rowan University.
| Air Force Falcons | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| League | Mountain West |
| Personal information | |
| Born | July 18, 1979 Woodbury, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Pitman (Pitman, New Jersey) |
| College | Penn State (1997–2001) |
| NBA draft | 2001: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2001–2012 |
| Position | Point guard |
| Number | 11 |
| Coaching career | 2014–present |
| Career history | |
Playing | |
| 2001 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 2001 | Southern California Surf |
| 2002 | Phoenix Suns |
| 2002 | Gary Steelheads |
| 2002–2003 | Rockford Lightning |
| 2003 | AEK Athens |
| 2003–2004 | Kansas City Knights |
| 2004 | Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs |
| 2004–2005 | Kansas City Knights |
| 2005 | Anwil Wloclawek |
| 2005–2006 | Navigo.it Teramo |
| 2007 | CAI Zaragoza |
| 2007–2009 | Bandırma Banvit |
| 2009–2010 | Enel Brindisi |
| 2010–2011 | Basket Barcellona |
| 2011–2012 | Azovmash Mariupol |
Coaching | |
| 2014–2016 | Rowan (assistant) |
| 2016–2023 | Rowan |
| 2023–2026 | Penn State (assistant) |
| 2026–present | Air Force |
| Career highlights | |
As player:
As head coach: | |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
Early life
Crispin was born at Underwood-Memorial Hospital in Woodbury, New Jersey.[1]
He later starred as a point guard for Pitman High School, leading the Panthers to the New Jersey Group I state championship in 1997 while setting the Gloucester County all-time scoring record for boys' high school basketball. He averaged 35.6 points per game during his junior and senior seasons, and 24.9 points per game across his entire high school career. Across 117 career games, he failed to score at least 10 points only once.[citation needed]
College career
Crispin played college basketball at Penn State alongside his brother, Jon Crispin.[2] The brothers were part of the 2001 Penn State team that upset national powerhouse North Carolina in the NCAA tournament.[citation needed]
Professional career
NBA career
Crispin played in the NBA during the 2001-02 season, splitting time between the Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix Suns. He signed with the Miami Heat in 2003[3] but was waived before the 2003–04 season began.[4][5]
Overseas career
Crispin has also played in the ABA, CBA, USBL, with Anwil Włocławek of the Polish Basketball League,[6] with Teramo in Italy,[7] and with Banvit of the Turkish Basketball League.[8] He signed with Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto in Italy for the 2010–11 season. The next season, he joined Azovmash Mariupol in Ukraine.[9]
Coaching career
On March 18, 2026, Crispin was announced as the next head men's basketball coach at the United States Air Force Academy. He had previously spent several years as the head coach at Rowan University and as an assistant coach at Penn State.[10]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rowan Profs (New Jersey Athletic Conference) (2016–2023) | |||||||||
| 2016–17 | Rowan | 17–10 | 11–7 | 4th | |||||
| 2017–18 | Rowan | 13–13 | 9–9 | T-5th | |||||
| 2018–19 | Rowan | 22–7 | 13–5 | 2nd | NCAA Division III Second Round | ||||
| 2019–20 | Rowan | 15–12 | 10–8 | T-4th | |||||
| 2020–21 | Rowan | — | — | — | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | ||||
| 2021–22 | Rowan | 23–6 | 14–4 | 2nd | NCAA Division III First Round | ||||
| 2022–23 | Rowan | 24–6 | 16–2 | 1st | NCAA Division III Sweet 16 | ||||
| Rowan: | 90–54 (.625) | 57–35 (.620) | |||||||
| Air Force Falcons (Mountain West Conference) (2026–present) | |||||||||
| 2026–27 | Air Force | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Air Force: | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | |||||||
| Total: | 90–54 (.625) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Personal life
Crispin and his wife Erin lived in Glassboro, New Jersey while he was the head coach at Rowan.[11]