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2013-14 AUM Basketball
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STEVE CROTZ Athletic Director Sixth Year Missouri, 1979 Steve Crotz is currently in his sixth year as Athle c Director at Auburn Montgomery, a er serving two s nts as the interim athle c director, first in 2002-03 and again from 2006-08. During his tenure, AUM teams have flourished, programs established, and facili es improved. Student-athletes have also been a stalwart in the community and excelled in the classroom. Under his guidance, eight of AUM’s 10 sports have spent me in their respec ve NAIA Top 25 Coaches’ Polls and teams have won five na onal championships. In addi on, 199 student-athletes have earned AllConference, All-Division or All-Freshman team honors, while 84 have garnered All-American honors. AUM has added a so ball program, as well as men’s and women’s cross country programs, increasing its number of varsity sports to 10. Crotz has overseen several facility upgrades, including the renova on of the basketball gymnasium to include a sec on of 304 cushioned, chair-backed seats on the home side of the court, the building of a new state-of-the-art press box at the AUM So ball Complex and the re-surfacing of all 12 tennis courts at the AUM Tennis Complex. In addi on to the sea ng improvements in the gymnasium, Crotz also oversaw a remodeling project of the old weightroom that now houses the AUM Athle cs Hall of Fame and serves as a hospitality area for members of the Courtside Club. Upgrades to the So ball Complex also included bleacher sea ng for more than 200 spectators directly behind home plate, restrooms, a concession stand, a press area and increased storage. In the classroom, student-athletes have been equally impressive, as 166 athletes have earned All-Academic honors from the SSAC and 57 have been named NAIA Scholar Athletes. Three AUM student-athletes, women’s basketball standouts Haley McIntyre and Carlie Ainsworth, and men’s basketball’s David Gallagher, have been named the SSAC Honor Student Athlete. Within the community, staff, coaches and student-athletes have logged be er than 1,000 hours of service. Crotz has worked with the AUM administra on to expand the athle c department staff to include a head and assistant so ball coach and an athle c trainer. He has also spent the past two years serving as the chair of the Board of Athle c Directors within the Southern States Athle c Conference. For his efforts during the 2010-11 academic year, Crotz was selected the SSAC Athle c Director of the Year. Before focusing on administra on, Crotz served 12 seasons as the head women’s basketball coach at Auburn Montgomery. Crotz compiled a record of 284-116 while at AUM, winning four regular season conference championships, two conference tournament tles, and advancing to the NAIA Na onal Tournament 10 mes. Crotz was a 10- me conference/region coach of the year and was named the Ikon/Women’s Basketball Coaches Associa on Na onal Coach of the Year following his team’s Elite Eight finish in the 1999-00 season. Prior to AUM, Crotz spent five years as athle c director and six years as head women’s basketball coach at Lindenwood University. While at LU, Crotz earned 126 wins and led the Lady Lions to three consecu ve NAIA Na onal Tournament appearances. During his six years at the St. Charles, Mo., ins tu on, he was named American Midwest Conference Coach-of-the-Year on four occasions. In October 2009, he was inducted into the Lindenwood Hall of Fame. Crotz also spent nine years at Brentwood High School overseeing the girls’ basketball program and winning 210 games. Five mes during that span he led Brentwood to the Missouri State Tournament where they won the state tournament in 1985 and finished as the runners-up in 1986 and 1990. For his efforts, Crotz was named the Missouri High School Coach-of-the-Year in 1985. Crotz received his bachelor’s degree in educa on from the University of Missouri in 1979 and his master’s degree in secondary educa on from Missouri-St. Louis in 1984. He and his wife, the former Daphne Hozee, reside in Montgomery with their two children, Kelsey and Jacob. 2013-14 Warhawk Men’s Basketball
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