- Ken Crandall
College coach infobox
Name = Ken Crandall
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Awards = 2006 UMAC North Division Coach of the Year
2006 UMAC Conference Coach of the Year
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Player = Trigger
Years = 1986-1990
Team = Fort Hays
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CoachYears = 2007-"present"
1998-2006
1996-1997
1994-1996
1992-1994
1991-1992
CoachTeams = Southwestern
Minnesota-Morris
Minnesota-Morris asst
Norwich asst
Maine Maritime asst
Pittsburg State asst
FootballHOF =Ken Crandall is the current head football coach for the
Southwestern College Moundbuilders inWinfield, Kansas and is the twenty-eighth person to hold that position. [ [http://www.sckans.edu/football/index.php?page_ID=562 Southwestern College - Winfield, KS ] ] Prior to accepting this position, he was the head coach for nine years at theUniversity of Minnesota Morris . Crandall had been a graduate assistant coach atPittsburg State University during the Gorillas' national championship run in 1991. In addition, he was assistant coach at Norwich (Vermont) University and at theMaine Maritime Academy . [ [http://www.arkcity.net/stories/121406/spo_0002.shtml Arkcity.net: Sports - Crandall named new Southwestern football coach 12/14/06 ] ]Coaching History
University of Minnesota Morris
While at the
University of Minnesota Morris , Coach Crandall was named the 2006 UMAC North Division and Conference Coach of the Year. He led the Cougars to their first-everUpper Midwest Athletic Conference championship with a thrilling 27-20 come from behind overtime win over Rockford College at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis.Crandall established a record of 22 wins and 73 losses as a head coach in nine seasons but did build the program to a winning program. In his last four seasons, Crandall produced a record of 21 wins and 20 losses. With 21 wins, Crandall is one of the “winningest” head coaches at UMM exceeded only by former head Cougar football coaches Al Molde (51-19-1) and Mike Simpson (29-13-1). [http://www.umacathletics.com/Crandall.pdf]
outhwestern College
In 2007 (his first year coaching at Southwestern), Crandall led the moundbuilders to a record of 4 wins and 5 losses (4-4 conference), ending the season #5 in the
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference . This showed an improvement from the 2 wins and 8 losses and finishing 9th in the conference the previous year. [ [http://www.sckans.edu/football/index.php?page_ID=740 Southwestern College - Winfield, KS ] ]Coaching Awards
Crandall was awarded
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference North Division Coach of the Year and Conference Coach of the Year for 2006. [ [http://www.umacathletics.com/awards/awards_coachofyr.htm UMAC Awards - Coach of the Year ] ]Playing History
Crandall played college football at
Fort Hays State University inHays, Kansas . [ [http://football.victorysportsnetwork.com/teams.php/?schoolID=141 Victory Sports Network - Football - Teams ] ]References
External links
* [http://www.sckans.edu/football/ Southwestern College] official football team site
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