Crumbley Entering State Hall

Posted Dec 27, 2006 by Adam Adkins

Updated Dec 29, 2006 at 01:28 AM

Former Jesuit baseball coach John Crumbley will be inducted in the Florida Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame during a ceremony Jan. 6 in Daytona Beach.
Crumbley, who spent 22 years as the Tigers head coach before resigning his position shortly after last season to take over as the school’s athletic director, compiled a 575-154 record during his tenure. He advanced Jesuit to the playoffs in each of his final 16 seasons, reached the state final four 11 times in his career and won three state titles.

“It’s a great feeling to know that you’ve done something that you love long enough to end up being inducted into the Hall of Fame,” Crumbley said.
One of the criteria for induction is length of coaching, which Crumbley, who served five years as the FACA baseball chairman, said was 20 years. When he surpassed that mark, an application was sent - and subsequently forgotten about.

“I had it sent to me, and I forgot to fill it out by the deadline. So I set it in a folder and kind of forgot about it. When I was cleaning [about a year later] I came across it and decided to fill it out,” Crumbley said. “It was something that I thought about, but it just wasn’t on the forefront of my mind. Now I’m just riding the wave.”