Jason Crafton (born January 30, 1982) is an American basketball coach. He's the current head coach of the
Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks men's basketball
The Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents University of Maryland Eastern Shore in Princess Anne, Maryland, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conferen ...
.
Playing career
Crafton played college basketball at
Nyack College
Alliance University (formerly Nyack College ()) is a private Christian college affiliated with the Christian and Missionary Alliance and located in New York, New York. Enrolling just over 1,000 students, the school is organized in three academic ...
, where he was named team captain his junior and senior seasons.
Coaching career
After graduation, Crafton joined
Jay Wright's staff at
Villanova as a video coordinator for two seasons until 2005, when he accepted an assistant coaching position at
Navy
A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval warfare, naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral zone, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and ...
where he'd serve under fellow former Villanova staffer
Billy Lange
William Lange (born February 11, 1972) is an American college basketball coach, currently the men's head coach at Saint Joseph's University. He was previously an assistant head coach with the Philadelphia 76ers. Prior to joining the 76ers, he was ...
as well as a season under
Ed DeChellis
Edward Richard DeChellis (born November 14, 1958) is an American college basketball coach and current head men's basketball coach at the United States Naval Academy. Previously he was the head coach at Penn State from 2003-2011 and at East Tenne ...
. Crafton would return to Nyack to become the school's head men's basketball coach where from 2012–2018 he compiled a 47–108 record before accepting an assistant coaching position with the
Delaware Blue Coats
The Delaware Blue Coats are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Wilmington, Delaware, and are affiliated with the Philadelphia 76ers. The Blue Coats play their home games at Chase Fieldhouse. The team was founde ...
of the
NBA G League
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.
On April 24, Crafton was named the head coach at Maryland Eastern Shore.
Head coaching record
NCAA DII
NCAA DI
References
1982 births
Living people
American men's basketball coaches
American men's basketball players
College men's basketball players in the United States
Delaware Blue Coats coaches
Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks men's basketball coaches
Navy Midshipmen men's basketball coaches
Nyack College alumni
Nyack Warriors men's basketball coaches
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