Football

Andre Crenshaw, who received a bachelor's degree in Sociology from Oregon and a master's in Educational Policy and Administration at Dakota Wesleyan, where he coached from 2013 to 2015, heads to Cookeville following a two-season stint as the running backs and specialist coach for Morehead State.

 

"We met him at the TSSAA BlueCross Bowl before we even had the job opening," Tech head coach Marcus Satterfield said. "We hung out with him for two days and really talked to him. It was good to have that opportunity before we had the job opening, because I really got to see the real guy and what he believed in. As soon as the job came open, I knew he was one of the first guys I wanted to apply."

 

With the Eagles, Crenshaw helped recruit student-athletes, monitored their academic performance, broke down game film and put together scouting reports, helped oversee training and developed game plans.

 

"He did a really nice job at Morehead State," Satterfield said, "and had a great reputation as a recruiter, an instructor. His guys were doing the right things off the field, which is what we want. He had an unbelievable understanding of the correlation between academics and football."

 

Crenshaw added, "What more can you ask for in a program like this that's on the rise? The team finished 5-3 (in conference play last season) and there's so much more left in the tank. We're excited with where the program is going and our guys are ready to take that next step."

 

Prior to his tenure in Kentucky, Crenshaw was a GA, overseeing the running backs and specialists at Dakota Wesleyan in Mitchell, S.D., then was also the running backs and athletes coach at Riggs Football Academy in Sioux Falls, S.D.

 

At Dakota Wesleyan, he helped develop Francois Barnaud, who became the school's leading rusher in just two seasons – picking up 1,893 yards as a junior and 1,409 yards as a senior, the top two seasons in program history. He led the NAIA and Great Plains Athletic Conference in rushing as a junior, was a second-team All-American selection and twice named all-conference.