Colton Crowder enters his second season on the Arkansas State women's basketball staff after he was hired by head coach Destinee Rogers on June 18, 2024.
In his first season as an assistant coach, the Red Wolves finished with a 21-11 (15-3 SBC) record and won the Sun Belt Conference Tournament title for the first time in program history. A-State made its first NCAA Tournament appearance as a result. The Scarlet and Black led the nation in three-point shooting and posted high national ranks in bench points per game (4th), turnovers forced per game (31st), steals per game (31st), and rebounds per game (50th). The program produced All-Sun Belt Second and Third Team selections, two All-Sun Belt Tournament honorees, and the Sun Belt Tournament Most Outstanding Player.
Crowder began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Arkansas in 2017-18 before becoming the video coordinator at Little Rock the next season. He returned to the Trojans ahead of the 2023-24 campaign after serving as an assistant coach at Farmington High School in 2021-22.
He is the son of Carla Crowder, who won 840 games and four state championships in 38 years of coaching in high school girls' basketball. She was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in April.
