Ken Crandall

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Ken Crandall
Sport(s)	Football
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Southwestern (KS)
Conference	KCAC
Record	5–6 (4–5)
Biographical details
Born	(1967-11-06) November 6, 1967
Playing career
1987–1990	Fort Hays State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1991 1992–1993 1994–1995 1996–1997 1998–2006 2007–present	Pittsburg State (GA) Maine Maritime (assistant) Norwich (OC) Minnesota–Morris (OC) Minnesota–Morris Southwestern (KS)
Head coaching record
Overall	42–115
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships 1 UMAC (2006)
Awards UMAC Coach of the Year (2006) UMAC North Division Coach of the Year (2006)

Ken Crandall (born November 6, 1967) is an American football coach and former player. He is the current head football coach for the Southwestern College Moundbuilders in Winfield, Kansas and is the 28th person to hold that position.^[1] Prior to accepting this position, he was the head coach for nine years at the University of Minnesota Morris. Crandall had been a graduate assistant coach at Pittsburg State University during the Gorillas' national championship run in 1991. In addition, he was assistant coach at Norwich University and at the Maine Maritime Academy.^[2]

Playing career

Crandall played college football at Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas.^[3]

Coaching career

Minnesota Morris

While at the University of Minnesota Morris, Crandall was named the 2006 UMAC North Division and Conference Coach of the Year. He led the Cougars to their first-ever Upper Midwest Athletic Conference championship with a thrilling 27–20 come from behind overtime win over Rockford College at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis.

Crandall established a record of 22 wins and 73 losses as a head coach in nine seasons but did build the program to a winning program. In his last four seasons, Crandall produced a record of 21 wins and 20 losses. With 21 wins, Crandall is one of the “winningest” head coaches at UMM exceeded only by former head Cougar football coaches Al Molde (51–19–1) and Mike Simpson (29–13–1).^[4]

Southwestern

In 2007, his first year coaching at Southwestern, Crandall led the moundbuilders to a record of 4 wins and 5 losses (4–4 conference), ending the season #5 in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference. This showed an improvement from the 2 wins and 8 losses and finishing 9th in the conference the previous year.^[5]

Awards

Crandall was awarded Upper Midwest Athletic Conference North Division Coach of the Year and Conference Coach of the Year for 2006.^[6]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Minnesota–Morris Cougars (Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) (1998–2002)
1998	Minnesota–Morris	1–9	0–6	7th
1999	Minnesota–Morris	0–11	0–8	10th
2000	Minnesota–Morris	0–11	0–8	10th
2001	Minnesota–Morris	0–11	0–9	10th
2002	Minnesota–Morris	0–11	0–9	10th
Minnesota–Morris Cougars (Upper Midwest Athletic Conference) (2003–2006)
2003	Minnesota–Morris	5–6
2004	Minnesota–Morris	5–5
2005	Minnesota–Morris	4–6
2006	Minnesota–Morris	7–3		1st
Minnesota–Morris:		22–73
Southwestern Moundbuilders (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (2007–present)
2007	Southwestern	4–6	4–5	T–5th
2008	Southwestern	1–9	1–8	10th
2009	Southwestern	3–7	3–6	T–6th
2010	Southwestern	2–8	2–7	T–8th
2011	Southwestern	5–6	4–5	6th
2012	Southwestern	4–7	3–6
2013	Southwestern	5–6	4–5
Southwestern:		20–43	18–36
Total:		42–115
National championship Conference title Conference division title

References

External links

v t e Minnesota–Morris Cougars head football coaches

Richard Borstad (1962–1966) Mike Simpson (1967–1971) Don Turner (1972) Al Molde (1973–1979) Rick Smith (1980–1981) Darrel Kluck & Mel Lewis (1982) Jim Lind (1983–1986) Stan Zweifel (1987–1990) Mick Caba (1991–1992) Jay Mills (1993–1995) Steve Barrows (1995) John Parker (1996–1997) Ken Crandall (1998–2006) Todd Hickman (2007– )

Southwestern Moundbuilders head football coaches

Unknown (1895)
No team (1896–1900)
Unknown (1901–1902)
J. J. Thiel (1903–1904)
Harry Huston (1905)
Jay Mack Love (1906–1907)
Frank Armin (1908)
Fred Clapp (1909–1913)
Willis Bates (1914–1925)
William Monypenny (1926–1936)
Don Copper (1937–1939)
Richard C. Nolan (1940–1941)
Henry Brock (1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Art Kahler (1946–1947)
Fred Dittman (1948)
Harold Hunt (1949–1951)
Bill Carroll (1952–1953)
Robert Hower (1954–1958)
Bob Dvorak (1959–1961)
Ray Morrison (1962–1963)
Harold Elliott (1964–1968)
Wes Buller (1969–1971)
Jim Paramore (1972–1976)
Phil Hower (1977–1980)
Dennis Franchione (1981–1982)
Charlie Cowdrey (1983–1991)
Jake Cabell (1992)
Monty Lewis (1992–2001)
Chris Douglas (2002–2006)
Ken Crandall (2007– )

v t e Current head football coaches of the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference

Manny Matsakis (Bethany) Martin Mathis (Bethel) Monty Lewis (Friends) Matt Drinkall (Kansas Wesleyan) Steve Fox (McPherson) Kent Kessinger (Ottawa) Lance Hinson (Saint Mary) Ken Crandall (Southwestern) Andy Lambert (Sterling) Mike Gardner (Tabor)

Persondata
Name	Crandall, Ken
Alternative names
Short description	American football player and coach
Date of birth	November 6, 1967
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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