Joe Crispin

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Joe Crispin
Penn State Nittany Lions
PositionAssistant coach
League Big Ten Conference
Personal information
Born (1979-07-18) July 18, 1979 (age 45)
Woodbury, New Jersey, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school Pitman (Pitman, New Jersey)
College Penn State (1997–2001)
NBA draft 2001: undrafted
Playing career2001–2012
Position Point guard
Number11
Coaching career2014–present
Career history
As player:
2001 Los Angeles Lakers
2001 Southern California Surf
2002 Phoenix Suns
2002 Gary Steelheads
2002–2003 Rockford Lightning
2003 AEK Athens
2003–2004 Kansas City Knights
2004 Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs
2004–2005 Kansas City Knights
2005 Anwil Wloclawek
2005–2006 Navigo.it Teramo
2007 CAI Zaragoza
2007–2009 Bandırma Banvit
2009–2010 Enel Brindisi
2010–2011 Basket Barcellona
2011–2012 Azovmash Mariupol
As coach:
2014–2016 Rowan (assistant)
2016–2023Rowan
2023–present Penn State (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
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Joseph Steven Crispin (born July 18, 1979) is an American college men's basketball assistant coach at Penn State University. [1] He was previously head coach of the Rowan University Profs from 2016 to 2023. [2]

Crispin was born at Underwood-Memorial Hospital in Woodbury, New Jersey, on July 18, 1979. [3] He starred as a 6-foot-0-inch (1.83 m), 185-pound (84 kg) point guard for Pitman High School, 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 at Pennsylvania State University alongside his brother, Jon. [4] Crispin was part of the 2001 Penn State team that upset the national powerhouse North Carolina Tar Heels in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament to advance to the Sweet Sixteen.

Crispin only played in the NBA during the 2001-02 NBA season and split time with the Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix Suns. He also signed with the Miami Heat in 2003 [5] but was waived before the 2003–04 season began. [6] [7] 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 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, with Anwil Włocławek of the Polish Basketball League, [8] with Teramo in Italy, [9] and with Banvit of the Turkish Basketball League. [10] He signed with Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto in Italy for the 2010–11 season. The next season, he joined Azovmash Mariupol in Ukraine. [11]

While Crispin was at Rowan, he and his wife lived in Glassboro, New Jersey. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ Linder, Brian (March 30, 2023). "Mike Rhoades adding former Penn State hoops star to staff". The Patriot-News . Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  2. ↑ Rowan Reorganizes Men's Basketball Coaching Staff
  3. ↑ "Births; Underwood-Memorial" . Gloucester County Times . August 7, 1979. p. 9. Retrieved December 6, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Penn State at Kentucky – November 25, 2000, by Stephen John; Kentucky Sports Report
  5. ↑ Heat sign Ike Austin and Joe Crispin, September 29, 2003
  6. ↑ HEAT Request Waivers on Joe Crispin, October 14, 2003
  7. ↑ "Joe Crispin". Archived from the original on March 22, 2005. Retrieved March 24, 2007.
  8. ↑ "24sec.net – Basketball News – Joe Crispin in Teramo". Archived from the original on October 12, 2006. Retrieved March 24, 2007.
  9. ↑ HoopsHype – NBA Players – Joseph Crispin
  10. ↑ EuroBasket
  11. ↑ Joe Crispin. Eurobasket.
  12. ↑ Williams, Andre D., ""Crispin hopes 'Dawgs are springboard back to NBA: The former PSU star will start in backcourt with Quincy Wadley", The Morning Call , 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."
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