Tom Crean

Who is Tom Crean?

Thomas Aaron Crean is an American college basketball coach. He is currently the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team. Prior to that he served as head coach at Marquette University, where the program had averaged 20 wins a year and made six postseason appearances, including the 2003 NCAA Final Four.

Crean's basketball philosophy emphasizes fast breaks, transition offense, and defensive pressure. He is also considered an excellent recruiter and one of college basketball's best evaluators. His guidance of the Indiana program to success from "unthinkable depths" was regarded as one of the most remarkable rebuilding projects in NCAA basketball history. In 2012 he was named the mid-season Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year, the Sporting News Big Ten Coach of the Year, and the ESPN.com National Coach of the Year.