ESPN.com National Coach of the Year (2012)
Three-Time Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year (2009, 2012 & 2014)
Two-Time BCANY Women’s Division I Coach of the Year (2009 & 2012)
COACHING EXPERIENCE:
2016-23 Head Coach, Providence College
2000-16 Head Coach, St. Bonaventure University
1999-00 Associate Head Coach, St. Bonaventure University
1996-99 Assistant Coach, St. Bonaventure University
1993-96 Head Coach, Keuka College
PLAYING EXPERIENCE:
1989-93 Keuka College (Four-year letterman)
PERSONAL LIFE:
Hometown: Windsor, N.Y.
Birthdate: Oct. 4, 1970
Alma Mater: Keuka College, 1993
Jim Crowley is in the third season of his second stint as the leader the of St. Bonaventure University women's basketball team, returning to the Bonnies in March 2023.
Crowley directed the program to previously unseen heights, winning 258 games and capturing six national postseason berths while serving as head coach of the Bonnies from 2000-16.
A proven winner who has well over two decades of head coaching experience, Crowley completely rebuilt St. Bonaventure women’s basketball during his first tenure, developing one of the Atlantic 10’s top programs and one which had increasing relevance on the national scene. He ranks sixth all-time in career A-10 women’s basketball coaching victories with 108.
During the last decade of his initial 16-year stint with the Bonnies, Crowley led the program to two NCAA Tournament appearances, four WNIT berths and a run to the Sweet 16 in 2012. In that span, the Bonnies won 21 or more games six times and went 171-90 between 2008-09 and 2015-16. The team also won at least one game in every postseason appearance.
St. Bonaventure posted a 24-8 record during the 2015-16 season and reached the Round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament after earning an at-large berth with a 12-4 Atlantic 10 mark. Following that season, Crowley took the head coaching position at Providence and departed Bonaventure with 123 more victories than any other coach in school history.
In 26 seasons as a head coach, Crowley has recorded 381 career victories.
In 2011-12, Crowley led the Bonnies to a school-best 31-4 mark and a perfect 14-0 record in Atlantic 10 play with a year that culminated in a trip to the NCAA Sweet 16.
He was recognized as the 2012 ESPN.com National Coach of the Year and was also named the Basketball Coaches Association of New York Division I Coach of the Year that spring. He is also a three-time Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year, earning that recognition from his peers in 2009, 2012 and 2014. He oversaw the program's first-ever national ranking during the 2011-12 season, and the Bonnies again received votes in the Associated Press Top 25 during the 2015-16 season.
Crowley’s programs consistently find success in all areas. In four of his last eight seasons with the Bonnies, his squads ranked in the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Top 25 Academic Honor Roll with one of the nation’s top cumulative GPAs as a team.
For the past seven years, Crowley oversaw the Big East program at Providence, scoring 85 wins. In his first season of 2016-17, he guided the program to a nine-win improvement over the previous campaign. During 2018-19, Crowley got the Friars back to the national postseason with a 19-win season, ultimately reaching the WNIT Round of 16 following the first postseason run for the program since 2010. This past year, the Friars scored a Top 25 win at No. 25/24 Creighton. His teams also scored Big East Tournament wins in three of the past five years, the best conference tourney run for the program since the early 90s.
A 1993 graduate of Keuka, Crowley received a bachelor's degree in secondary English education. As an undergraduate student, he was a four-year letterman in men's basketball and captained the club in his final three seasons on the court.
Crowley and his wife, Monti, are the parents of one daughter, Jocelyn, and three stepsons - Patrick, Sean and Luke.
