HEAD COACH
SPRINGER
BASEBALL


HEAD VARSITY BASEBALL COACH
B.J. Crowder is the Head Varsity Baseball Coach and Director of Football Operations at
Highland Springs High School. Coach Crowder enters his 4th year on the Springer
Baseball Staff, with this year being his 3rd as the Head Varsity Coach. Prior to that, he
was a JV Assistant Coach. Coach Crowder will be the primary coach for the pitchers,
catchers, and infield positions. Coach Crowder is a former Springer and spent all 4
years on the Springer Baseball Team as well as the Springer Golf Team. Coach
Crowder was the 2nd individual qualifier in the district his junior year as a golf team
member and went on to compete in region play. He then was named captain of the
Springer Golf Team his senior year. Coach Crowder was the recipient of numerous
baseball awards and was the winner of the Bob Bralley Sportsmanship Award his senior
year for all of Highland Springs High School Athletics.
After finishing at Highland Springs, Coach Crowder went on to VCU for 4 years and
earned his Bachelors of Science in Information Systems with a concentration in Network
Management. Coach Crowder is a Computer Systems Technology (Computer
Networking) Instructor at Highland Springs Technical Center. He was the recipient of the
First Year Teacher of the Year Award for his school in 2005. Coach Crowder was recently
engaged to his fiance Lauren and a September 2008 wedding is planned.