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Quinton Crawford
Stockton Kings
PositionHead coach
LeagueNBA G League
Personal information
Born (1990-09-18) September 18, 1990 (age 34)
Old Bridge Township, New Jersey, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High schoolOld Bridge
(Old Bridge Township, New Jersey)
College
NBA draft2013: undrafted
PositionGuard
Coaching career2013–present
Career history
As coach:
2018–2019Charlotte Hornets (player development)
2019–2022Los Angeles Lakers (assistant)
2022–2023Dallas Mavericks (assistant)
2023–2024Phoenix Suns (assistant)
2024–presentStockton Kings
Career highlights and awards
As assistant coach:

Quinton Crawford (born September 18, 1990) is an American basketball coach who is the head coach of the Stockton Kings of the NBA G League. He recently served as an assistant coach for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats, and then started his career as video coordinator and assistant coach.

Early life

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Raised in Old Bridge Township, New Jersey, Crawford played prep basketball at Old Bridge High School.[1][2]

College career

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After two years at Middlesex County College, he transferred to the University of Arizona and played for the Wildcats for two seasons (2011–12 and 2012–13), reaching the Sweet Sixteen.

Coaching career

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Before working in the NBA, Crawford spent two seasons (2013–14 and 2014–15) with Pepperdine University men's basketball staff as a graduate manager and video coordinator.[3]

Crawford has also served as assistant video coordinator for the Sacramento Kings in one season, Charlotte Hornets in one season, and two seasons with the Orlando Magic while under Frank Vogel.[4] During the 2018–19 season, Crawford was also considered a player development coach for the Hornets.

In summer 2019, he was hired by Frank Vogel as assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers.[5] Crawford won his first championship when the Lakers defeated the Miami Heat in 6 games of the 2020 NBA Finals.

In 2022, Crawford was hired as assistant coach for the Dallas Mavericks under Jason Kidd's coaching staff.

On June 1, 2023, it was reported that Crawford was hired as an assistant coach for the Phoenix Suns under head coach Frank Vogel.[6] The move was made official alongside the rest of the team's new coaching staff on June 21, 2023.[7] Crawford would later be fired alongside the rest of Frank Vogel's coaching staff (outside of David Fizdale) on May 12, 2024, following the replacement of Vogel with Mike Budenholzer.[8]

On October 7, 2024, Crawford was hired by the Stockton Kings to be their new head coach.[9]

References

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  1. ^ 2012-13 Men's Basketball Roster: Quinton Crawford, Arizona Wildcats men's basketball. Accessed December 3, 2019. "HOMETOWN Old Bridge, N.J. HIGH SCHOOL Old Bridge"
  2. ^ "Quinton Crawford Player Profile, Arizona, NCAA Stats, Game Logs, Bests, Awards - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com.
  3. ^ "Quinton Crawford - Men's Basketball Coach". Pepperdine University Athletics.
  4. ^ "Lakers hire Quinton Crawford as an assistant coach". Los Angeles Times. July 20, 2019.
  5. ^ "Lakers to hire former Wildcat Quinton Crawford as assistant". WildcatAuthority.com.
  6. ^ https://www.si.com/nba/mavericks/news/quinton-crawford-dallas-mavs-frank-vogel-phoenix-suns-jason-kidd-marc-stein [bare URL]
  7. ^ https://www.nba.com/suns/news/suns-announce-coaching-staff [bare URL]
  8. ^ Voita, John (2024-05-12). "Remaining coaching assistants will not be retained by Mike Budneholzer". Bright Side Of The Sun. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  9. ^ "Stockton Kings Name Gabriel Harris as General Manager and Quinton Crawford as Head Coach". stockton.gleague.nba.com. October 7, 2024. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
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