Coach Crawford is in his 5th year with the soccer program here at North, and his 3rd year as the Boys’ Head Coach. Coach Crawford teaches Geometry at North Gwinnett High School. Coach Crawford played soccer for two years at Oglethorpe University before transferring to University of Georgia. He graduated from UGA in 2003 with a BSed in Mathematics Education. While studying at UGA, Coach Crawford coached at the college club level for three years taking the team to Nationals for the first time in UGA history. During his student teaching at UGA, Coach Crawford started the soccer program at Elbert County Comprehensive High School.

He is a product of the Gwinnett County Public School System, graduating from Shiloh High School in 1997. Throughout his high school career he played soccer, football, and ran cross-country. Coach Crawford played classic soccer at Snellville, Mountain Park, and Brookwood. For several summers, he had the opportunity to play soccer in England, Sweden, and Denmark. Coach Crawford holds a "D" license and has coached all ages ranging from U-6’s and U-8’s up to U19 Classic and Athena. He has most recently coached two Athena "A" teams at GSA this past fall one U17 and one U-19. Coach Crawford was named the 2007 Gwinnett County Boys Coach of the Year after coaching the Bulldogs to their first region championship. Coach Crawford says he loves the team concept at North Gwinnett with the coaches as well as the players.