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Kasey Crawford

Kasey Crawford enters her 11th season as the UW-La Crosse head gymnastics coach in 2026-27.
 
Awards & Honors

  • 2026 National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Women Coaches Academy participant
  • 2022-23 National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA) National Coach of the Year.
  • 2022-23 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Coach of the Year
  • 2015-16 NCGA West Region Assistant Coach of the Year
  • 2012-13 NCGA North Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year
  • 2011-12 NCGA North Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year
2025-2026
  • Helped lead the Eagles to a NCGA National Runner-up finish. It was the Eagles fourth national runner-up finish under Crawford (2017, 2018, 2023, 2026). UWL now has 27 top two finishes in 40 national championship meets.
  • Coached Paige Breckwoldt to an NCGA Vault National Title
  • Five Eagles earned NCGA All-America honors including Breckwoldt (vault, floor), Lainey Vogt (balance beam), Lauren Main (balance beam), Claire Robbins (floor) and Grace Edwards (floor).
  • Madelyn McCormick was named a Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) Second Team All-American.
  • Eagles finished third at the WIAC Championships/NCGA West Regional
  • Grace Kehr became the 20th student-athlete in school history to earn the WIAC Judy Kruckman Scholar-Athlete.
2024-2025
  • Coached the Eagles to the program’s 18th NCGA National Championship and first under the direction of Crawford. The 2025 national championship completed the trifecta for Crawford as she has now won a national championship as a student-athlete (2005, 2006, 2008), an assistant coach (2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016) and head coach all at UWL.  
  • The Eagles won three individual national championships including Grace Kehr on the vault and Jess Taylor on the floor exercise while Riana Christenson Claire Robbins and Kyla Dickson shared the title on the balance beam.
  • Finished second at the WIAC Championships and NCGA West Regionals.
  • Raina Christenson was named a WCGA Second Team All-American
2023-2024
  • Finished third as a team at NCGA National Championships.
  • Six Eagles earned NCGA All-America honors including Rachel Chesley (Vault, Bars), Claire Robbins (beam), Sarah Best (beam), Caelen Lansing (floor) and Jessica Taylor (floor).
  • Chesley became the 19th student-athlete in school history to earn the WIAC Judy Kruckman Scholar-Athlete.
  • Finished third at the WIAC Championships/NCGA West Regional.
  • Coached Claire Robbins who was named WIAC Newcomer of the Year
2022-2023
  • 2022-23 National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA) National Coach of the Year.
  • Eagles finished second at the NCGA National Championships.
  • Coached Rachel Chesley to an individual national championship on the uneven bars.
  • Eight Eagles earned NCGA All-America honors including Chesley (3x), Madi Vanderpool (2x), Kyla Dickson, Kerrie Legault and Lily Millington.
  • Team finished second at the WIAC Championships/NCGA West Regionals
  • 2022-23 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Coach of the Year
  • Helped lead Cate Sandvik to being named WIAC Gymnast of the Year
2021-2022
  • Eagles scored a season high of 192.325 points to finish third at the NCGA National Championships.
  • Coached Kerrie Legault to a NCGA National Championship on the uneven parallel bars.
  • Four Eagles earned NCGA All-America honors including Kerrie Legault, Alex Wood, Rachel Chesley and Olivia Opheim.
  • Coached Rachel Chesley who was named WIAC Newcomer of the Year
  • Team finished third at the WIAC Championships/NCGA West Regionals
 
Crawford Highlight Reel
  • Crawford has led the Eagles to an NCGA Appearance seven times (2017, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026). The 2020 and 2021 NCGA Championships were canceled due to the Covid public health threat.
  • Has led the Eagles to four NCGA National-Runner up finishes (2017, 2018, 2023, 2026), two third place finishes (2022, 2024) and one national title (2025).
  • She has coached 11 NCGA individual national champions and 53 NCGA All-Americans.
  • Led the Eagles to the 2018 WIAC Championship, giving UWL a WIAC record 24 Conference titles.
  • Four Eagles have been named the WIAC Judy Kruckman Scholar Athletes under Crawford guidance.
  • Has coached five CSC Academic All-Americans
Additional Collegiate Coaching Experience
  • Prior to being named the Eagles Head Coach, Crawford spent the previous eight seasons (2008-2016) as an assistant coach for UWL under six-time NCGA Coach of the Year Barbara Gibson.
  • During Crawford's time as an assistant coach, the Eagles won five NCGA National Championships (2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016).
  • Named NCGA Region Coach of the Year three times (2012, 2013, 2016)
Gymnastics Career
  • Was a four-year letter winner and two-year team captain at UW-La Crosse (2004-2008).
  • Was a member of three NCGA Championship teams (2005, 2006, 2008).
  • Earned NCGA All-America accolades in the all-around (2005), uneven parallel bars (2005 and 2008), vault (2005) and balance beam (2008).
  • Named the 2007-08 WIAC Judy Kruckman Scholar Athlete
Personal
  • Kasey and her husband, Mike, have two children, Kinsley and Keaton.
  • Crawford is a certified USAG (USA Gymnastics) Level 10 judge
  • She has also served UWL as an assistant sports performance coach and was also an instructor in UWL’s Exercise Sport Science Department.