Blake Crandall joins the UT Permian Basin football staff in 2023, where he will serve as Wide Receivers Coach / Passing Game Coordinator. Before UTPB, Crandall was the Running Backs Coach for East Central University (DII), where he developed an All-Great American Conference (GAC) running back during the 2022 season under current Falcon Head Coach Kris McCullough.
In 2021, Crandall was a graduate assistant for Delta State University coaching the safeties. Prior to his time at Delta State, Crandall was the Running Backs and Wide Receivers Coach at Oklahoma Panhandle State University from 2019-20 where he developed three all-conference athletes.
Crandall was a three-year starter at wide receiver at Friends University, where he was a two-time All-Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) honoree. Crandall also played wide receiver for the Highland Community College. A native of Winfield, Kansas, Crandall earned his Master of Science in Sports Management at Delta State (2021), a Bachelor of Science degree at Friends University (2018), and an Associate of Arts Degree from Highland Community College (2015). Blake and wife Naomi got married in the summer of 2022.
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