Joseph Steven Crispin (born July 18, 1979) is an American college men's basketball assistant coach at
Penn State University
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. He was previously head coach of the
Rowan University
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Profs from 2016 to 2023.
Born in
Pitman, New Jersey
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, Crispin starred as a ,
point guard
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for
Pitman High School
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, leading the Panthers to the New Jersey Group I state championship in 1997 while setting the Gloucester County's all-time scoring record for boys' high school basketball (2,651 career points). Crispin was one of the most prolific scorers and efficient point guards in NJSIAA History. He averaged 35.6 Pts/G his Senior and Junior campaigns and overall 24.9Pts/G over his four years. In 117 Career games including the playoffs, he only had one game that he failed to hit double digits in scoring.
As a collegiate player, Crispin played
college basketball
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at
Pennsylvania State University
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alongside his brother,
Jon
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in the
NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
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to advance to the Sweet Sixteen.
Crispin only played in the NBA during the
2001-02 NBA season
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and split time with the
Los Angeles Lakers
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and
Phoenix Suns
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. He also signed with the
Miami Heat
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in 2003 but was waived before the 2003–04 season began. He played a total of 21 games and had averages of 3.8 points and 1.2 assists. His final NBA game was played on April 17, 2002 in a 89 - 76 win over the
Dallas Mavericks
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where he only played for 24 seconds, substituting at the very end of the game for Dan Majerle. He recorded no stats in that 24 seconds.
Crispin has also played in the ABA, CBA,
USBL
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, with
Anwil Włocławek
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of the
Polish Basketball League
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, with
Teramo
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in Italy, and with
Banvit
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of the
Turkish Basketball League
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. He signed with Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto in Italy for the 2010–11 season. The next season, he joined
Azovmash Mariupol
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Mariupol was one of the strongest teams in Ukraine ...
in
Ukraine
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.
While Crispin was at Rowan, he and his wife lived in
The Morning Call
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'', April 16, 2004. Accessed July 12, 2012. "Former Penn State guard Joe Crispin has a newborn girl and a new house in Glassboro, N.J., that he and his wife, Erin, are close to settling on."