Joe Crispin

Joseph Steven Crispin (born July 18, 1979) is an American college men's basketball assistant coach at Penn State University.^[1] He was previously head coach of the Rowan University Profs from 2016 to 2023.^[2]

Joe Crispin

Penn State Nittany Lions
Position	Assistant coach
League	Big Ten Conference
Personal information
Born	(1979-07-18) July 18, 1979 (age 45) Pitman, New Jersey, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school	Pitman (Pitman, New Jersey)
College	Penn State (1997–2001)
NBA draft	2001: undrafted
Playing career	2001–2012
Position	Point guard
Number	11
Career history
As player:
2001	Los Angeles Lakers
2001	Southern California Surf
2002	Phoenix Suns
2002	Gary Steelheads
2002–2003	Rockford Lightning
2003	AEK Athens
2003–2004	Kansas City Knights
2004	Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs
2004–2005	Kansas City Knights
2005	Anwil Wloclawek
2005–2006	Navigo.it Teramo
2007	CAI Zaragoza
2007–2009	Bandırma Banvit
2009–2010	Enel Brindisi
2010–2011	Basket Barcellona
2011–2012	Azovmash Mariupol
As coach:
2014–2016	Rowan (assistant)
2016–2023	Rowan
2023–present	Penn State (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
ABA MVP (2004) ABA All-Star (2005) ABA All Star-Game (2005) First-team All-Big Ten (2001) Second-team All-Big Ten (2000)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Born in Pitman, New Jersey, Crispin starred as a 6-foot-0-inch (1.83 m), 185-pound (84 kg) point guard for Pitman High School, leading the Panthers to the New Jersey Group I state championship in 1997 while setting the Gloucester County's all-time scoring record for boys' high school basketball (2,651 career points). Crispin was one of the most prolific scorers and efficient point guards in NJSIAA History. He averaged 35.6 Pts/G his Senior and Junior campaigns and overall 24.9Pts/G over his four years. In 117 Career games including the playoffs, he only had one game that he failed to hit double digits in scoring.

As a collegiate player, Crispin played college basketball at Pennsylvania State University alongside his brother, Jon.^[3] Crispin was part of the 2001 Penn State team that upset the national powerhouse North Carolina Tar Heels in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament to advance to the Sweet Sixteen.

Crispin only played in the NBA during the 2001-02 NBA season and split time with the Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix Suns. He also signed with the Miami Heat in 2003^[4] but was waived before the 2003–04 season began.^[5][6] He played a total of 21 games and had averages of 3.8 points and 1.2 assists. His final NBA game was played on April 17, 2002, in a 89 - 76 win over the Dallas Mavericks where he only played for 24 seconds, substituting at the very end of the game for Dan Majerle. He recorded no stats in that 24 seconds.

Crispin has also played in the ABA, CBA, USBL, with Anwil Włocławek of the Polish Basketball League,^[7] with Teramo in Italy,^[8] and with Banvit of the Turkish Basketball League.^[9] He signed with Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto in Italy for the 2010–11 season. The next season, he joined Azovmash Mariupol in Ukraine.^[10]

While Crispin was at Rowan, he and his wife lived in Glassboro, New Jersey.^[11]