Justin Crouse joined Florida Atlantic University’s staff in July 2018 as the director of player personnel. Prior to FAU, Crouse served in the same role at the University of Memphis in 2017.
Crouse’s 25 plus years of experience in college athletics has led him across the country working in the SEC, ACC, C-USA, AAC, as well as the NFL.
From 2015 to 2016, he served as the offensive recruiting coordinator for the University of Alabama-Birmingham. During the 2014 season, he served as the tight ends recruiting coordinator at Iowa Western.
He worked in the SEC for four years serving as the Coordinator of Recruiting Development at the University of Mississippi under Houston Nutt from 2010 to 2012. In 2013, he worked as a football administrator for Vanderbilt University under James Franklin.
Crouse first stint in South Florida came in 2006 when he was hired as a recruiting and operations assistant at the University of Miami, under Randy Shannon.
Prior to UM, he worked for the New England Patriots as their SEC and southeastern region area scout.
In 1998, he was named assistant recruiting coordinator and assistant to the head coach at the University of Arkansas, a position he served for six years. In 2000, he briefly served as the team’s running backs coach in the absence of the team’s full-time coach.
He gained his first coaching experience at his alma mater, Murray State where he was on staff from 1994-97.
Crouse obtained a B.S in marketing from Murray State University in 1995.