Matt Crenshaw
{{Short description|American basketball player and coach (born 1978)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Matt Crenshaw
| image =
| position =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 200
| league =
| team =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|7|19}}
| birth_place = Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.
| high_school = Charlottesville
(Charlottesville, Virginia)
| college = IUPUI (2000–2004)
| draft_year = 2004
| career_start = 2004
| career_end = 2006
| career_number =
| career_position = Point guard
| years1 = 2004–2005
| team1 = Czarni Słupsk
| years2 = 2005
| team2 = SPU Nitra
| years3 = 2005–2006
| team3 = Kentucky Colonels
| coach_start = 2005
| coach_end =
| cyears1 = 2005–2006
| cteam1 = Kentucky Colonels (assistant)
| cyears2 = 2006–2011
| cteam2 = IUPUI (assistant)
| cyears3 = 2011–2018
| cteam3 = IUPUI (associate HC)
| cyears4 = 2018–2021
| cteam4 = Ball State (assistant)
| cyears5 = 2021–2024
| cteam5 = IUPUI
| highlights =
;As player
- Mid Continent Defensive Player of the Year (2004)
}}
Matthew Crenshaw (born July 19, 1978) is an American basketball coach and former point guard who was most recently the head coach of Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis' men's basketball team.{{cite web |title=CRENSHAW NAMED TENTH HEAD COACH IN IUPUI MEN'S BASKETBALL HISTORY |url=https://iupuijags.com/news/2021/4/13/mens-basketball-crenshaw-named-tenth-head-coach-in-iupui-mens-basketball-history.aspx |website=IUPUI Athletics |access-date=17 April 2021}}
Military career
Crenshaw enlisted in the United States Navy out of high school and spent six years in the service, assigned to posts such as the USS Kansas City, Navy Cargo Handling Port Group (NAVCHAPGRU), and in Washington, D.C.{{cite web |title=Veteran's Day: Crenshaw's Navy Journey To Ball State |url=https://ballstatesports.com/news/2020/11/10/veterans-day-crenshaws-navy-journey-to-ball-state.aspx |website=Ball State University Athletics |access-date=17 April 2021}}
Coaching career
= IUPUI =
IUPUI hired Crenshaw as an assistant coach in 2006, and promoted him to associate head coach in 2011.
= Ball State =
Crenshaw joined the coaching staff at Ball State as an assistant coach on October 19, 2018.{{cite web |title=Matt Crenshaw Joins Men's Basketball Staff |url=https://ballstatesports.com/news/2018/10/19/matt-crenshaw-joins-mens-basketball-staff.aspx |website=Ball State University Athletics |access-date=17 April 2021}}
= IUPUI (second stint) =
Crenshaw was named the head coach at IUPUI on April 13, 2021, the program's tenth in school history. Crenshaw was fired after the 2023–24 ending with a record of 14-79.{{cite web |last=|first=|title=IUPUI fires men's head basketball coach|url=https://www.wthr.com/article/sports/local-sports/iupui-fires-mens-head-basketball-coach-indianapolis-university-sports/531-9507bc18-ec02-4be3-afd4-6a5d5beb88c2|work=WTHR |date=March 6, 2024}}
Head coaching record
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = IUPUI Jaguars
| conference = Horizon League
| startyear = 2021
| endyear = 2024
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2021–22
| name = IUPUI
| overall = 3–26
| conference = 1–16
| confstanding = 12th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2022–23
| name = IUPUI
| overall = 5–27
| conference = 2–18
| confstanding = T–10th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2023–24
| name = IUPUI
| overall = 6–26
| conference = 2–18
| confstanding = 10th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = IUPUI
| overall = {{winning percentage|14|79|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winning percentage|5|52|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB yearly record end
| overall = {{winning percentage|14|79|record=y}}
}}
References
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External links
- [https://twitter.com/coach_crenshaw Matt Crenshaw] on Twitter
- [https://iupuijags.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/matt-crenshaw/987 IUPUI Jaguars profile]
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Category:Sportspeople from Charlottesville, Virginia
Category:Basketball players from Virginia
Category:Basketball coaches from Virginia
Category:United States Navy sailors
Category:IU Indy Jaguars men's basketball players
Category:Czarni Słupsk players