Paul Crowley enters his second season as W&M’s running backs coach after a successful first year in Williamsburg.
Under his direction, the Tribe’s young group of running backs – which consisted of all freshmen and sophomores – combined for more than 1,100 yards in 2017 and were led by one of the Colonial Athletic Association’s top first-year players in Nate Evans.
In addition to becoming the program’s first true freshman to play running back since 2008, Evans led the team in rushing and ranked 10th in the CAA in all-purpose yards per game.
Prior to arriving in Williamsburg, Crowley spend the previous nine years at Christopher Newport University where he served as the recruiting coordinator and worked with multiple position groups, including running backs, wide receivers, tight ends and offensive linemen.
CNU’s primary play caller during each of his final two seasons, Crowley led the Captains to two of the top four passing seasons in school history Additionally, the squad ranked among the NJAC’s top two passing offenses both years, as quarterbacks Tyler Quigley and KJ Kearney both earned All-NJAC distinction, while Kearney set the single-season school record for completion percentage in 2016.
In addition to the accolades earned by CNU’s signal callers during the last two campaigns, Crowley produced an all-conference standout during every season in which he was a full-time coach. Highlighting the list of players who benefited from Crowley’s tutelage were wideouts Taylor Loudan, the 2016 NJAC Offensive Player of the Year, and Rudy Rudolph, a three-time all-conference standout.
As the running backs coach in 2014, Crowley helped Daquan Davis record 16 touchdowns en route to earning All-USA South distinction.
A First Team All-USA South Center with the Captains, Crowley played for CNU from 2005-08. The Virginia Beach native was also a first-team All-Virginia selection in Division II-III.
