Crump comes to Missouri State after spending the previous three seasons at DePaul as the director of player development from 2021-24.
During his time at DePaul, he was the team's academic liaison and was instrumental in the recruiting and scouting efforts for the Blue Demons.
Crump spent the 2020-21 season on
Cuonzo Martin's staff at Missouri, serving as the Tigers' graduate assistant for one season. That stint came on the heels of five seasons as a Division I assistant coach, first under coach Jon Harris at SIUE (2015-19) and later under Rick Ray at SEMO (2019-20).
Crump served as Martin's assistant director of operations at California during the 2014-15 campaign. While at Cal, Crump was involved in many facets of the Bears' program, including video breakdown, scouting reports, academic liaison, camps, and community service events. He handled many of those same duties in 2013-14 as an intern on Martin's staff at Tennessee during the Vols' NCAA Sweet 16 run that season.
The Chicago native was the head boy's basketball coach at Vine Academy in 2012-2013 after serving one year as the girl's basketball coach at North Lawndale College Prep in 2011-2012, where his squad won 20 games.
Crump's relationship head coach
Cuonzo Martin goes back to his playing days as a standout guard at Purdue from 2006-08, when Martin was an assistant on Matt Painter's staff. Crump and the Boilermakers won 47 games during his two seasons and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament each year. Crump, who was also an Academic All-Big Ten honoree at Purdue, earned his degree in Organizational Leadership and Supervision in 2008.
He is married to the former Tave' Johnson. The couple has two daughters, Brooklynn and Braelynn.
