| Jim Crutchfield | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | Nova Southeastern |
| Current Conference: | Sunshine State |
| Alma Mater: | West Virginia University |
| Coach Sport1: | Basketball |
| Coach Team1: | Cameron HS |
| Coach Years1: | 1979–1989 |
| Coach Team2: | West Liberty (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 1989–2004 |
| Coach Team3: | West Liberty |
| Coach Years3: | 2004–2017 |
| Coach Team4: | Nova Southeastern |
| Coach Years4: | 2017–present |
| Coach Sport5: | Tennis |
| Coach Years6: | 1989–2004 |
| Coach Team6: | West Liberty |
Jim Crutchfield is an American college basketball coach who is the head coach of the Nova Southeastern Sharks men's basketball team.
Crutchfield grew up in Clarksburg, West Virginia and attended Roosevelt-Wilson High School, where he played basketball.[1] He graduated from West Virginia University in 1978.[2]
Crutchfield began his coaching career as the head coach of Cameron High School, where he also taught mathmatics.[3]
Crutchfield was originally hired as the head men's and women's tennis coach and as an assistant men's basketball coach for the West Liberty Hilltoppers in 1989.[4] As a tennis coach, he won a combined 11 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) titles and was named the WVIAC Coach of the Year eight times.[5] He was hired as the head men's basketball coach at West Liberty in 2004.[6]
Crutchfield was hired as the head coach at Nova Southeastern on March 21, 2017.[7] During the 2022–2023 he coached the Sharks to a 36–0 record as the team won the 2023 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament.[8] The following season, Nova Southeastern went 32–3 and returned to the national championship game where they lost to Minnesota State 88–85.[9]