Anthony Crowder

Anthony Crowder was named TCU's head diving coach entering the 2018-19 season.

Crowder comes to TCU after four years at George Washington University where he helped the men's team win two consecutive A10 Conference Championship Titles. While at GW, Crowder's divers set school diving records on eight different occasions including all of the men's diving records and the women's platform record. In 2018, three male divers finished top 8 on both one-meter and three-meter at the A10 Championships and qualified for NCAA Zones. During his tenure at GW, Crowder coached divers to twelve A10 finals, including Peter Nachtwey who finished second in both the one-meter and three-meter in 2018.

Prior to GW, Crowder coached at Wingate University from 2011-2013. While there, he coached Lindsey Taylor, the 2012 NCAA DII one-meter National Champion and produced several NCAA Division II National Championship zone qualifiers.

As a collegiate student-athlete, he dove for Western Illinois for three semesters before sustaining a career-ending back injury and transferring to the University of North Carolina-Charlotte where he graduated with a Bachelors in Science with a double concentration in Marketing and Management. In high school, Crowder was a multi-sport athlete and was a three-time Illinois State qualifier for Diving finishing his senior year as the IHSA runner up. The son of Michael and Cathy Crowder, Anthony is Married to Maria Crowder.