University of Central Oklahoma Athletics

Brothers Jim, Joe and Johnny Crabb are a trio of UCO graduates who all went on to enjoy great coaching success   in the high school basketball ranks. Johnny and Joe both played baseball for the Bronchos.

Jim racked up a 628-299 record in 36 years of coaching girls’ basketball, with 33 of that a Sayre High School. He captured 22 district championships, had five state tournament teams and led Sayre to back- to- back state titles in 1970 and ’71.

Johnny, who helped develop the layout and design of UCO’s current baseball facility, coached boys and girls basketball for 13 years. He was 211-68 as a girls coach and led Magnum High School to the 1972 state championship.

Joe spent 27 years as a girls coach at four different schools, finishing with a 550-162 record. His teams made 13 state tournament appearances and he claimed state titles in 1977 and ’81 at kingfisher High School in addition to a runner-up finish in 1974.

All three were inducted into the Oklahoma High School Girls Coaches’ Assoiciation Hall of Fame and they were also long-time members of the OHSGCS Board of Directors, with Jim serving as president for five years.