Football
- Title:
- Running Backs Coach
- Phone:
- 912-478-5522
Andre Crenshaw joined the program as the running backs coach in 2026, coming to Statesboro after a year as the running backs coach at fellow Sun Belt member Coastal Carolina. He spent the previous two seasons coaching the backs at high-powered Western Kentucky.
Crenshaw comes to Statesboro after a year as the running backs coach at fellow Sun Belt member Coastal Carolina. He spent the prior two seasons coaching the backs at high-powered Western Kentucky. WKU averaged over 100 yards per game on the ground in 2024 (109.3) and scored 14 rushing touchdowns. Elijah Young ran for over 800 yards and scored three times and also had 384 yards receiving out of the backfield with two scores. He signed with the Kansas City Chiefs after his playing days with the Hilltoppers were done.
In 2023, Crenshaw helped the Hilltoppers to one of the top-producing offenses in Conference USA. WKU finished the year second in the league in scoring with 30.5 points per game, and the Hilltoppers’ 50 offensive touchdowns in 2023 ranked second in CUSA.
Crenshaw came to WKU from South Dakota State where he served as running backs coach during the team’s run to winning the 2022 FCS National Championship. He spent two seasons with the Jackrabbits, leading one of the best running backs rooms in the country. In his first season with SDSU, he mentored Pierre Strong Jr., who led the FCS in rushing with 1,686 yards. Strong went on to be selected by the New England Patriots in the fourth round of the NFL Draft. During the national championship season, Crenshaw’s star pupil was Isaiah Davis, who produced 1,451 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns on the ground. He went on to be drafted by the New York Jets.
Before arriving in South Dakota, Crenshaw coached running backs at Southeast Missouri State during the pandemic-shortened season. Despite playing only eight games that year, Crenshaw helped running back Geno Hess gain 708 yards rushing with 12 touchdowns.
Crenshaw began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Dakota Wesleyan before moving on to Morehead State for two seasons and spending the 2017 campaign at Tennessee Tech. In 2018, he moved to Missouri Western where he helped the Griffins average 219.5 rushing yards per game, ranking among the top-25 of all Division II programs that season.
A native of Lancaster, California, Crenshaw attended the University of Oregon from 2006-09 where he played running back and earned his bachelor’s degree in sociology. He later earned a master’s degree in educational policy and administration from Dakota Wesleyan in 2015.
He and his wife, Ashley, have two sons, Kalin and Zaylin, and a daughter, Kortlyn.
THE CRENSHAW FILE
Personal
Hometown: Lancaster, Calif.
Born: Dec. 31, 1987 in Pacioma, Calif.
College: Oregon (2010); Dakota Wesleyan (2015)
Family: wife, Ashley; son, Kalin
Playing Experience
2006-09 Oregon
Coaching Experience
2026-: Georgia Southern (running backs))
2025: Coastal Carolina (running backs)
2023-24: Western Kentucky (running backs)
2021-22: South Dakota State (running backs)
2020: Southeast Missouri State (running backs)
2018-19: Missouri Western (running backs)
2017: Tennessee Tech (running backs)
2015-16: Morehead State (running backs/specialists)
2014: Dakota Wesleyan (G.A.)
College Bowl/Playoff Experience
Coach
2025: Independence (CCU vs. Louisiana Tech)
2024: Boca Raton (WKU vs. James Madison)
2023: Famous Toastery (WKU vs. ODU)
2022: FCS Champions (South Dakota State)
2021: FCS Semifinals (South Dakota State)
2019: United (Missouri Wesleyan vs. Henderson)
2018: United (Missouri Wesleyan vs. SE Arkansas)
Player
2009: Rose (Oregon vs. BYU)
2008: Holiday (Oregon vs. South Florida)
2007: Sun (Oregon vs. Oklahoma State)
2007: Las Vegas (Oregon vs. Ohio State)
Prominent Pupils
Isaiah Davis (RB): New York Jets
Pierre Strong Jr. (RB): New England Patriots
Elijah Young (RB): Kansas City Chiefs
Amar Johnson (RB): Green Bay Packers
