# Jim Crutchfield

Jim Crutchfield is an American college basketball coach who is the head coach of the Nova Southeastern Sharks men's basketball team.

## Early life

Crutchfield grew up in Clarksburg, West Virginia and attended Roosevelt-Wilson High School, where he played basketball. He graduated from West Virginia University in 1978.

## Coaching career

Crutchfield began his coaching career as the head coach of Cameron High School, where he also taught mathematics.
Crutchfield was originally hired as the head men's and women's tennis coach and as an assistant men's basketball coach for the West Liberty Hilltoppers in 1989. As a tennis coach, he won a combined 11 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) titles and was named the WVIAC Coach of the Year eight times. He was hired as the head men's basketball coach at West Liberty in 2004.
Crutchfield was hired as the head coach at Nova Southeastern on March 21, 2017. During the 2022–2023 he coached the Sharks to a 36–0 record as the team won the 2023 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament. The following season, Nova Southeastern went 32–3 and returned to the national championship game where they lost to Minnesota State 88–85.

## Head coaching record

Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| West Liberty Hilltoppers (West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2004–2013) ||||||
| 2004–05 | West Liberty | 21–10 | 13–6 | | |
| 2005–06 | West Liberty | 21–8 | 11–7 | | |
| 2006–07 | West Liberty | 25–5 | 17–1 | | NCAA Division II First Round |
| 2007–08 | West Liberty | 23–6 | 14–5 | | |
| 2008–09 | West Liberty | 23–7 | 16–4 | | |
| 2009–10 | West Liberty | 29–3 | 21–1 | | NCAA Division II Sweet 16 |
| 2010–11 | West Liberty | 33–1 | 22–0 | | NCAA Division II Final Four |
| 2011–12 | West Liberty | 32–3 | 21–1 | | NCAA Division II Elite Eight |
| 2012–13 | West Liberty | 34–2 | 21–1 | | NCAA Division II Final Four |
| West Liberty Hilltoppers (Mountain East Conference) (2013–2017) ||||||
| 2013–14 | West Liberty | 31–4 | 20–2 | | NCAA Division II Runner-Up |
| 2014–15 | West Liberty | 28–4 | 21–2 | | NCAA Division II Sweet 16 |
| 2015–16 | West Liberty | 31–4 | 20–2 | | NCAA Division II Final Four |
| 2016–17 | West Liberty | 28–4 | 19–3 | | NCAA Division II First Round |
| West Liberty: | West Liberty: | 359–61 (.855) | 236–35 (.871) | | |
| Nova Southeastern (Sunshine State Conference) (2017–present) ||||||
| 2017–18 | Nova Southeastern | 17–10 | 11–9 | T–4th | |
| 2018–19 | Nova Southeastern | 29–4 | 18–2 | 1st | NCAA Division II Elite Eight |
| 2019–20 | Nova Southeastern | 23–6 | 15–5 | 2nd | No postseason held |
| 2020–21 | Nova Southeastern | | | | |
| 2021–22 | Nova Southeastern | 31–1 | 20–0 | 1st | NCAA Division II Elite Eight |
| 2022–23 | Nova Southeastern | 36–0 | 20–0 | 1st | NCAA Division II Champion |
| 2023–24 | Nova Southeastern | 32–3 | 18–2 | | NCAA Division II Runner-Up |
| 2024–25 | Nova Southeastern | 33–1 | 19–1 | 1st | NCAA Division II |
| Nova Southeastern: | Nova Southeastern: | 201–25 (.889) | 121–19 (.864) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 560–86 (.867) | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||
* ↑ Nova Southeastern did not play in the 2020–21 school year due to COVID-19 concerns.