Josten Crow was named an assistant coach by Head Coach Rob Lanier in April of 2022.
Following his first season on the Hilltop, which included a runner-up finish at the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic, Crow helped bring in a transfer class ranked as high as No. 42 nationally and No. 2 in The American. In August of 2023, the Mustangs went on a 10-day trip to Spain, going 3-0 with games in Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona.
In his lone season with Louisiana Tech (2021-22), Crow helped the Bulldogs finish with a 24-10 record while advancing to the Conference USA championship game. He helped coach two All-C-USA selections in Kenneth Lofton, Jr. (First Team, now with the Memphis Grizzlies) and Cobe Williams (Honorable Mention) as well as Kaleb Stewart who was voted to the C-USA All-Freshman Team.
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Crow previously worked at University of Louisiana from 2015-21, first as the Director of Student-Athlete Development for one year then as an assistant coach for five seasons. Crow was part of five winning seasons at UL under head coach Bob Marlin. He played a key role in the development of nine All-Sun Belt honorees. The 2017-18 Ragin’ Cajuns went 27-7, won the Sun Belt regular season title and earned an NIT bid.
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Crow also served as a graduate assistant at ULL in 2011-12, where he worked with 2014 NBA Draft lottery pick Elfrid Payton. Crow then played professionally overseas for three years from 2012-15. He played in the top two levels of professional basketball in Germany for the Hakro Merlins, spending two years in the ProA (second-level) league before competing in 2014-15 in the BBL (highest level).
During that time, he spent the summers as Head of Athletics for the Greatness Factory - an individual and team training center based in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
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Crow was a four-year letterwinner, three-year captain and all-conference honoree at Sam Houston State (2007-11), playing for Bob Marlin. He helped lead the Bearkats to both the Southland Conference regular season and tournament titles as a junior in 2010, along with an appearance in the NCAA Tournament. As a senior, Crow ranked second on the team in both scoring (12.7) and rebounds (5.3) while dishing out 3.5 assists. He was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-Region team.
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A native of Houston, Crow earned his bachelor’s degree in three years from Sam Houston State, obtaining a degree in Business in 2010. He earned his MBA from SHSU in 2012.
