Soccer
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- Assistant Coach
Joe Crump, who spent the past three seasons with the men[apos]s program at Elon, enters his first season as an assistant coach at East Carolina.
Crump has a direct coaching role with the Pirate goalkeepers.
In Crump[apos]s three years at Elon, at least one goalkeeper was honored with All-Southern Conference accolades. In 2007, true freshman keeper Clint Irwin claimed all-league honors and Phoenix keepers combined to help lead the program to a school-record four consecutive shutouts. A year later, Irwin and senior Kyle Boerner were both named to the all-conference teams. It was the first time in SoCon history that two goalies from one school earned all-conference honors the same season. Irwin had a 0.90 goals-against average and stopped 31 shots while Boerner recorded a .742 save percentage.
Crump capped his tenure with the Phoenix in 2009 by guiding Irwin to a First-Team All-Southern Conference selection. Irwin and the team collected 10 shutouts during the season, tying the school record set by the 1987 and 1988 squads. Irwin also moved into a tie for first place on the Elon career ledger with 19 clean sheets to his credit.
The Phoenix compiled a record of 28-24-7 during Crump[apos]s three seasons while reaching the 10-win plateau twice. Elon had a winning record all three campaigns and went 15-5-0 in Southern Conference action, including a 7-0-0 mark in 2008, when the Phoenix claimed the regular-season crown.
In addition to his collegiate experience, Crump has been a North Carolina Olympic Development Program staff member and goalkeepers coach for Triangle United. He assisted the Region III champions and USYSA National Finalists.
A 2003 UNC Greensboro graduate, Crump played for Elon head coach Darren Powell at UNCG as a three-year starting goalie. Crump holds a bachelor[apos]s degree in business administration with a concentration in marketing and owns a United States Soccer Federation [quote]B[quote] license.
