Horizon League Announces Hiring of Tom Crowley

Horizon League - Tom Crowley Hiring Release 

INDIANAPOLIS -- Former Niagara University director of athletics Tom Crowley will join the Horizon League staff on Monday, Nov. 11, as special assistant to the commissioner. Crowley brings over three decades of coaching, business and administrative experience to the conference office.

Crowley was hired as Niagara’s director of athletics in October 2012. During his tenure with the 18-sport program, the Purple Eagles won two regular season conference titles, including the 2013 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) men’s basketball regular season crown. Both men’s soccer and men’s ice hockey represented Niagara in their respective NCAA tournaments.

“We are pleased to be adding Tom to the Horizon League staff to help us through this time of transition,” said Commissioner Jon LeCrone. “His wealth of experience in men’s basketball and administration will aid our coaches, student-athletes and administrators.”

Crowley will oversee the day-to-day operations of men’s basketball, working with the League’s coaches, administrators and officials. Additionally, Crowley will help administer the Horizon League Men’s Basketball Tournament.

Prior to his hiring at Niagara, Crowley was responsible for business operations, budget oversight and facilities, as well as game and event operations at Butler University. He also played a key role in the development of the strategic plan for Butler’s athletic operations.

Before joining the Bulldogs, Crowley held athletic development positions at Temple University and the University of Vermont. During his two years at Temple, Crowley helped increase charitable giving to the athletic department through his work with the school’s Owl Club donor organization. At Vermont, he became the school’s first fully dedicated fundraiser for athletics after spending one season as an assistant men’s basketball coach for the Catamounts.

Crowley began his coaching career as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Penn in 1979 and helped the Quakers to the NCAA Final Four that year. He held assistant basketball coaching positions at Xavier, Rutgers and Stanford, before becoming head men’s basketball coach at St. Michael’s College (Vt.) in 1990. He coached at St. Michael’s for seven seasons and served two years as head men’s basketball coach at Christian Brothers University (Tenn.).

A 1978 graduate of The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Crowley was captain of the 1978 Penn basketball team that advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16.

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