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Croshaw
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamSt. George Eagles
ConferenceUSA Collegiate
Biographical details
Bornc. 1948 (age 76–77)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1967Yakima Valley
1968–1969Weber State
Baseball
1970Weber State
Position(s)Linebacker (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1971–1972Dixie (UT) (assistant)
1975–1978Snow (DC)
1979–1981Northern Arizona (RB/LB)
1982–2005Dixie (UT) / Dixie State
2007–2010Pine View HS (UT) (DC)
2011Mesa (AZ)
2012–2014Cottonwood HS (UT)
2023–presentSt. George Eagles
Head coaching record
Overall13–19 (high school)
Bowls17–4 (junior college)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 ICAC (1983)
8 WSFL (1987, 1990, 1995–1996, 1999, 2001–2003)

Greg Croshaw (born c. 1948) is an American college football coach. Since 2023, he has served as head coach of the St. George Eagles, a junior college football team in St. George, Utah that is affiliated with USA Collegiate. Croshaw was the head football coach at Dixie State College—reamed from Dixie College in 2000 and now known as Utah Tech University—from 1982 to 2005 and at Mesa Community College in Mesa, Arizona for one season, in 2011.

Early life, playing career, and education

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Croshaw was born and raised in Seattle. He played junior college football at Yakima Valley College in Yakima, Washington, where he was team captain and most valuable player. He transferred to Weber State College—now known as Weber State University—co-captaining the Weber State Wildcats football team and twice earning all-Big Sky Conference honors. Croshaw tried out with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL), and was offered to play professional baseball by the Pittsburgh Pirates, but went into coaching instead.[1] He earned a master's degree from Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1975.[2]

Coaching career

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Croshaw coached running backs and linebackers at Northern Arizona University from 1979 to 1981 under head coach Dwain Painter. Croshaw left Northern Arizona after Painter was fired. He was appointed head football coach at Dixie in December 1981, succeeding Lee Bunnell, who had resigned.[3]

Croshaw was fired by Dixie State in 2006 as the program prepared to move to the four-year college level and join NCAA Division II competition.[4] From 2007 to 2010, he was the defensive coordinator at Pine View High School in St. George. He returned to the junior college ranks for a season, in 2011, as head football coach at Mesa Community College in Mesa, Arizona.[5] In 2012, Croshaw was hired as the head football coach at Cottonwood High School in Murray, Utah.[6] He compiled a record of 13–19 in three seasons at Cottonwood before resigning in early 2015 due to a heart condition.[7]

Head coaching record

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Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Dixie Rebels (Intermountain Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1982–1984)
1982 Dixie 5–5 3–3 3rd
1983 Dixie 9–2 4–2 T–1st W Valley of the Sun Bowl
1984 Dixie 7–4 3–3 T–2nd
Dixie / Dixie State Rebels (Western States Football League) (1985–2005)
1985 Dixie 7–4 5–4 T–4th W Roaring Ranger Bowl
1986 Dixie 11–1 8–1 2nd W Dixie Rotary Bowl
1987 Dixie 11–1 8–1 1st W Dixie Rotary Bowl
1988 Dixie 8–3 5–3 T–3rd W Dixie Rotary Bowl
1989 Dixie 10–1 7–1 2nd W Dixie Rotary Bowl
1990 Dixie 9–2 6–2 T–1st W Dixie Rotary Bowl
1991 Dixie 6–5 4–4 5th L Dixie Rotary Bowl
1992 Dixie 5–5 4–4 5th
1993 Dixie 3–8[n 1] 2–7[n 1] T–8th L Dixie Rotary Bowl
1994 Dixie 8–2–1 5–2–1 T–2nd W Real Dairy Bowl
1995 Dixie 10–1 8–1 1st W Dixie Rotary Bowl
1996 Dixie 10–1 7–1 T–1st W Dixie Rotary Bowl
1997 Dixie 11–1 7–1 2nd W Dixie Rotary Bowl
1998 Dixie 7–5 3–5 T–3rd W Dixie Rotary Bowl
1999 Dixie 11–1 8–0 1st L Dixie Rotary Bowl
2000 Dixie State 8–3 5–3 T–4th W Dixie Rotary Bowl
2001 Dixie State 11–1 9–1 T–1st W Dixie Rotary Bowl
2002 Dixie State 10–2 9–0 1st W Dixie Rotary Bowl
2003 Dixie State 10–2 8–1 T–1st L Dixie Rotary Bowl
2004 Dixie State 10–2 7–2 2nd W Dixie Rotary Bowl
2005 Dixie State 9–3 6–3 T–3rd W Dixie Rotary Bowl
Dixie / Dixie State: 206–65–1 141–55–1
Mesa Thunderbirds (Western States Football League) (2011)
2011 Mesa 1–10 0–7 8th
Mesa: 1–10 0–7
Total: 207–75–1
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Dixie forfeited five conference wins.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Assistant Coach Greg Croshaw". The Dixie Sun. St. George, Utah. September 23, 1971. p. 8. Retrieved February 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "Hall of Fame; Greg Croshaw". Utah Tech University. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  3. ^ "Dixie names coach". Sun Advocate. Price, Utah. December 18, 1981. p. 7. Retrieved February 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ Hinton, Jay (February 9, 2006). "Dixie State fires football coach". Deseret News. Salt Lake City, Utah. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  5. ^ Cordero, David (March 3, 2011). "Croshaw back in college game, with coach Mesa CC". The Daily Spectrum. St. George, Utah. p. B4. Retrieved February 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ Delos Santos, Paul (June 26, 2012). "Gridiron values; Croshaw takes Cottonwood job, citing desire to be closer to family". The Daily Spectrum. St. George, Utah. p. B1, B3. Retrieved February 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Cottonwood football coach Greg Croshaw resigns due to heart condition". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. February 3, 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  8. ^ Webb, Loren (December 27, 1993). "Dixie forfeits 5 games". The Daily Spectrum. St. George, Utah. p. A1, A10. Retrieved April 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "MCC football year-by-year". MCC Sports. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
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