Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Christopher Newport |
Conference | NJAC |
Record | 16–8 |
Biographical details | |
Born | Midland, Texas, U.S. | June 21, 1987
Playing career | |
2005–2008 | Christopher Newport |
Position(s) | Center |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2009 | Christopher Newport (GA) |
2010–2013 | Christopher Newport (WR) |
2014 | Christopher Newport (RB/TE) |
2015–2016 | Christopher Newport (OC/WR) |
2017–2018 | William & Mary (RB) |
2019–2021 | Christopher Newport (OL) |
2022–present | Christopher Newport |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 16–8 |
Tournaments | 0–1 (NCAA D-III playoffs) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 NJAC (2023) | |
Awards | |
2× NJAC Coach of the Year (2022–2023) | |
Paul Crowley (born June 21, 1987) is an American college football coach. He is the head coach for Christopher Newport University, a position he has held since 2022. [1] Crowley was an all-conference offensive lineman at Christopher Newport, and coached at the school following his playing career, serving as recruiting coordinator, as well as multiple offensive position coaches under Matt Kelchner. [2] Crowley, then coached at the Division I level, at William & Mary as the running backs coach for two years, [3] before returning to Newport under Art Link as an offensive lineman coach for three years, before becoming the head coach of the program.
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Christopher Newport Captains (New Jersey Athletic Conference)(2022–present) | |||||||||
2022 | Christopher Newport | 7–3 | 5–1 | 2nd | |||||
2023 | Christopher Newport | 7–4 | 5–1 | 1st | L NCAA Division III First Round | ||||
2024 | Christopher Newport | 2–1 | 0–0 | ||||||
Christopher Newport: | 16–8 | 10–2 | |||||||
Total: | 16–8 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
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