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Crawford, Mike
Mike Crawford
- Title:
- Associate Head Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
- Email:
- mcrawford@huntsman.utah.edu
- Phone:
- 801-581-5323
Mike Crawford is in his 11th year as the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at Utah, and his third season as associate head coach.
During his time with the Utes, Crawford has had 12 pitchers drafted, most notably Tyler Wagner, who was a fourth-round pick to the Milwaukee Brewers in 2012 and made his major league debut in 2015. Of the 12 pitchers drafted, seven have gone in the first 10 rounds. The Utes had three pitchers drafted in 2017 - Riley Ottesen (5th round), Jayson Rose (8th round) and Andre Jackson (12th round). Rose was a two-time All-Pac-12 player at Utah.
Utah pitchers had a banner year in 2017. In addition to having three pitchers drafted, opponents were held to a .264 batting average in 2017, which is the lowest since Utah joined the Pac-12. The Utes also held opponents to 247 runs, which is the fewest runs Utah pitchers have allowed since joining the league. Utah has led the league the past two seasons in pickoffs with 14 in 2017 and 17 in 2018.
Several of Crawford's pitchers fill out the Utah record books. Rose holds both the career (256) and single-season (106, 2016) records for strikeouts and his 19 wins is tied for the career record at Utah. Wagner holds both the single-season (12) and career (17) records for saves as well as the single-season record for lowest ERA (2.04). Two-time honorable mention All-Pac-12 pick Mitch Watrous tied the single-season record for strikeouts in a game (12) in 2012 while Brett Brocoff also tied the record in 2018. 2016 MLB draft pick Dalton Carroll holds the Utah career record for innings pitched (316 2/3) and Stephen Streich and Trenton Stoltz both hold the record for career appearances (87). Utah set a team record with 421 strikeouts in 2009.
Crawford has been part of two NCAA Tournament appearances at Utah (2009, 2016). Utah won its first Pac-12 Championship in 2016, becoming the first Utah men's team to win a Pac-12 title since the Utes joined the league in 2011-12. The Utes won the Mountain West Conference Tournament in 2009, sending Utah back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1960.
Crawford previously spent two seasons as associate head coach at Yavapai College where the Roughriders were 41-16-1 in 2008. They climbed to as high as No. 9 in the national polls, and won their league with a 30-8 mark. Yavapai was fourth in the conference in strikeouts (393).
From 2002-05, Crawford was the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at Cochise College in Douglas, Ariz. He helped the Apaches to a pair of second-place league finishes (2004, 2005), and the 2005 pitching staff had the lowest earned-run average in the conference (2.66). As CC recruiting coordinator, he saw three of his four recruiting classes play for a regional championship. Before that he worked two seasons as the pitching coach at Pima College in Tucson, Ariz.
Crawford played at the University of Arizona from 1999-2000. He was a starting pitcher for the Wildcats both years and was named the Pac-10 Pitcher of Week in May, 1999. He graduated from UA in 2001 with a bachelor's of science in communication and went on to get his master's from the United States Sports Academy in 2008.
The Tucson native's playing career began at Yavapai College as a starting pitcher in 1997-98. In 1998, he was named the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) Pitcher of the Year.
Crawford has a 13-year-old son, Kolby.
During his time with the Utes, Crawford has had 12 pitchers drafted, most notably Tyler Wagner, who was a fourth-round pick to the Milwaukee Brewers in 2012 and made his major league debut in 2015. Of the 12 pitchers drafted, seven have gone in the first 10 rounds. The Utes had three pitchers drafted in 2017 - Riley Ottesen (5th round), Jayson Rose (8th round) and Andre Jackson (12th round). Rose was a two-time All-Pac-12 player at Utah.
Utah pitchers had a banner year in 2017. In addition to having three pitchers drafted, opponents were held to a .264 batting average in 2017, which is the lowest since Utah joined the Pac-12. The Utes also held opponents to 247 runs, which is the fewest runs Utah pitchers have allowed since joining the league. Utah has led the league the past two seasons in pickoffs with 14 in 2017 and 17 in 2018.
Several of Crawford's pitchers fill out the Utah record books. Rose holds both the career (256) and single-season (106, 2016) records for strikeouts and his 19 wins is tied for the career record at Utah. Wagner holds both the single-season (12) and career (17) records for saves as well as the single-season record for lowest ERA (2.04). Two-time honorable mention All-Pac-12 pick Mitch Watrous tied the single-season record for strikeouts in a game (12) in 2012 while Brett Brocoff also tied the record in 2018. 2016 MLB draft pick Dalton Carroll holds the Utah career record for innings pitched (316 2/3) and Stephen Streich and Trenton Stoltz both hold the record for career appearances (87). Utah set a team record with 421 strikeouts in 2009.
Crawford has been part of two NCAA Tournament appearances at Utah (2009, 2016). Utah won its first Pac-12 Championship in 2016, becoming the first Utah men's team to win a Pac-12 title since the Utes joined the league in 2011-12. The Utes won the Mountain West Conference Tournament in 2009, sending Utah back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1960.
Crawford previously spent two seasons as associate head coach at Yavapai College where the Roughriders were 41-16-1 in 2008. They climbed to as high as No. 9 in the national polls, and won their league with a 30-8 mark. Yavapai was fourth in the conference in strikeouts (393).
From 2002-05, Crawford was the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at Cochise College in Douglas, Ariz. He helped the Apaches to a pair of second-place league finishes (2004, 2005), and the 2005 pitching staff had the lowest earned-run average in the conference (2.66). As CC recruiting coordinator, he saw three of his four recruiting classes play for a regional championship. Before that he worked two seasons as the pitching coach at Pima College in Tucson, Ariz.
Crawford played at the University of Arizona from 1999-2000. He was a starting pitcher for the Wildcats both years and was named the Pac-10 Pitcher of Week in May, 1999. He graduated from UA in 2001 with a bachelor's of science in communication and went on to get his master's from the United States Sports Academy in 2008.
The Tucson native's playing career began at Yavapai College as a starting pitcher in 1997-98. In 1998, he was named the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) Pitcher of the Year.
Crawford has a 13-year-old son, Kolby.
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