Jayme Crowley, Ed.D., announced plans to leave coaching after 11 seasons with the Trojan volleyball program, ending a 33-year coaching career on April 18, 2019.
The veteran coach produced great success at both the high school and collegiate level.Â
Her journey at Trevecca began before the 2008-2009 season when she was named the 14th head volleyball coach at Trevecca. The 2018 season was her 16th as a collegiate head coach, and her 33rd as a head coach.
Athletic Director, Mark Elliott commented on Crowley's tenure, "Jayme Crowley is a tremendous leader and example of Christian-Scholar-Athlete. We have been blessed by her dedicated service to Trevecca and our student-athletes. This is a unique coaching transition, but one that is proven possible through love, acceptance, and respect. I am so happy Jayme will continue to be a part of the Trevecca community."
Elliott set the stage for the future of the program, "We are pleased to introduce Emily Moore as our new volleyball coach. We will formally introduce her as the new coach in the next few days. Coach Moore has significant shoes to fill as our head volleyball coach, but I am very confident in her abilities to lead the program and fulfill the mission of Trevecca."
Emily Moore served as the Trevecca volleyball associate head coach last season alongside coach Crowley. Coach Moore led local Nashville high school, Hume-Fogg to six district championships, three region and sectional championships in addition to three TSSAA state tournament appearances prior to joining the Trojan coaching staff. In 2013, Hume-Fogg finished as the Division I-AA State Runner-up.
Jayme Crowley commented on her decision to step away, "I've decided to step down as the head coach of the Trevecca volleyball program due to my current health condition. Additionally, I want to do what is best for the TNU volleyball program moving forward. I want to thank the Athletic Department, especially my supervisors, Dr. Brenda Patterson and Mark Elliott, for the opportunity to coach for 11 years. I'm excited about Emily Moore becoming the new head coach and feel the program is moving in the right direction. I'm also fortunate, blessed and honored to have been offered an on-campus position during this transitional period."
Crowley's teams produced an overall record of 187-173 while going 74-70 (39-50 G-MAC) in conference play. Her teams are a combined 14-13 in post-season play. Her 11-year tenure at Trevecca equals Scott Jones as the longest for the volleyball program.
One of the highlights of Trevecca's move to the NCAA Division II era came from the 2015 Trevecca Volleyball team coached by Jayme Crowley. The 2015 team produced some Great Midwest, Trevecca, and program firsts. The 2015 team won 20 games and proceeded to win the G-MAC Tournament Championship.
They are the first Trevecca team to win a Great Midwest conference championship tournament, the first Trevecca team to advance to an NCAA regional, the first G-MAC and Trevecca team to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Regional.
The 2015 team ended the regular season with five consecutive three-set sweeps, making it 15 straight set wins. The team then added two more set wins in the conference tournament for a 17-set win streak. After losing the next two against KWC, the team finished KWC off with a win and two more sweeps to win the tournament and complete a run of winning 24-of-26 sets. Katelyn Atkinson was named the co-Athlete of the Year in the G-MAC and became the first Trojan to be named an NCAA All-Region performer.
Crowley produced five 20-win seasons. She is just the third TNU coach to have a 20-win season and the second to produce more than one 20-win season. Crowley led Trevecca to more wins than any coach, except the late Scott Jones who led the program to 229 victories in his 11 seasons. Crowley surpassed Jones, winning more games in her first five years than any other Trevecca coach.
Crowley served the department as Trevecca's senior woman administrator and previously led the Trevecca's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and other leadership efforts for student-athletes on-campus.
Crowley lives in nearby Hermitage and completed her doctorate in educational leadership at Trevecca in May 2016.
CROWLEY @ TREVECCA | MORE NCAA ERA
The 2016 team produced another winning season, the seventh in her 11 years, for the Crowley era and the team finished in a tie for second in the regular season. The team finished 10-2 at the Trojan Fieldhouse with a seven-match win streak including a sweep of rival and preseason favorite Cedarville. Katelyn Atkinson made the G-MAC First Team while Alex Reuter and Hanna Matthews earned G-MAC Second Team honors. Matthews received the 2016 G-MAC Freshman of the Year and made the all-freshman team. Atkinson finished her career as the school's all-time career leader in kills with 1705, which is the second most in G-MAC history.Â
In 2012 Crowley led her team into G-MAC and NCAA play. The team responded with a second-place finish in the regular season and reached the G-MAC tournament championships match.
The team finished with 23 wins overall.
CROWLEY @ TREVECCA | NAIA ERA
Her first team went 22-11, finished third in the TranSouth regular season standings, and reached the TranSouth Tournament Championship game. Her second team was 25-13 and produced Trevecca's first second-place finish in the TranSouth at 11-3, tying for the second-most conference wins in school history. After a 17-21 record in 2010, Crowley produced a 20-15 team in 2011, a group that surprised many. The team, made up of largely underclassmen, advanced to the championship game of the 2011 NCCAA Mid-East Regional.
CROWLEY PRE-TREVECCA
Before coming to Trevecca, Crowley spent 14 seasons coaching on the high school level in Arizona, winning three 4-A state championships. Her record during those 14 seasons was a combined 293-179. Her teams earned three Arizona State Championships (2007, 2005, 2004) and a runner-up finish (2003) and reached the final four in 2006. She coached at Chaparral High School (Scottsdale) and served as head coach at Desert Mountain High School (Scottsdale), Florence (Arizona) High School, Lawson (Missouri) High School, and Apache Junction (Arizona) High School.
On the college level, she led St. Norbert College in DePere, Wisconsin, and Central Arizona College in Coolidge, Arizona. She led Central Arizona to the 1994 ACCAC Conference championship with a 21-7 record.
Crowley, a four-time Arizona Region Coach of the Year, attended Missouri Southern State College and finished her college career at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. There she completed a bachelor of arts ('86) in physical education before earning a master's degree ('90) in physical education at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona.
CROWLEY @ TREVECCA | BULLET POINTS
20 Wins Seasons (5)
D2CCA NCAA Division II Midwest All-Region (1)
Conference Player of the Year (2)
Conference Newcomer of the Year (1)
Conference Freshman of the Year (1)
Conference All-Tournament (3)
All-conference First Team (10)
All-conference Second Team (9)
All-conference Honorable Mention (1)
All-conference Freshmen Team (2)
Conference Scholar-Athletes (28)
AVCA All-Region Team (3)
NAIA Scholar-Athlete (4)
NCCAA All-American (1)
NCCAA Mid-East Region Player of the Year (1)
NCCAA Mid-East Regional (6)
NCCAA Scholar Athlete (1)
*Reached the conference finals twice and the NCCAA Mid-East Regional finals once.
