Maurice Crum Jr.
Maurice Crum Jr. (born May 29, 1986) is a former American football player and was formerly the co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at the University of Mississippi. Crum was formerly the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Western Kentucky University. He played for the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United Football League. He was signed by the Redwoods as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football at Notre Dame where he was a starting linebacker and team captain.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Linebackers coach and run game coordinator |
| Team | SMU |
| Conference | The American |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | May 29, 1986 Riverview, Florida |
| Playing career | |
| 2005–2008 | Notre Dame |
| 2009–2011 | Sacramento Mountain Lions |
| Position(s) | Linebacker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2012 | Kansas (graduate assistant) |
| 2013 | Kansas (assistant director of operations) |
| 2014 | Kansas (director of high school relations) |
| 2015 | Notre Dame (graduate assistant) |
| 2016 | Indiana State (DB) |
| 2017–2019 | Western Kentucky (LB) |
| 2020–2021 | Western Kentucky (co-DC/LB) |
| 2022 | Ole Miss (co-DC/LB) |
| 2023–present | SMU (LB/RGC) |
Crum was previously on staff at the University of Kansas under head coach Charlie Weis from 2012-2014. He was on the staff at the University of Notre Dame under head coach Brian Kelly, as a defensive graduate assistant for the 2015 season. Crum served as a secondary coach in 2016 at Indiana State University.
Personal life
He is married to Crysta Swayzer Crum, and has three sons, Maurice III, Allen and Noah.