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Justin Crouse joined the Tiger support staff in September 2007 and currently serves as the director of player personnel.
In his position, he is responsible for the day-to-day on-campus recruiting efforts, and is the team's pro liaison. In addition, he assists John Flowers with football administrative duties. With the brief absence of defensive coordinator Tim Walton this spring, Crouse took on additional recruiting responsibilities on the road in Florida and California.
Crouse joins the Tiger staff after serving one season as the assistant director of football relations at the University of Miami. In that capacity, he assisted with on-campus recruiting visits and was the liaison between the team and NFL scouts. Just prior to his stint at Miami, Crouse was an area scout and personal assistant from 2004-06 with the New England Patriots.
A native of Murray, Ky., Crouse also has had positions on the college level at Arkansas and Murray State. He began his coaching career at MSU where he worked from 1994-97 as the tight ends/receivers coach. He joined the Razorbacks' staff in 1998 as the assistant recruiting coordinator and also filled in as the running backs coach from January - May, 2000. He later was named the assistant to head coach Houston Nutt and served in that role for four years.
Crouse earned his bachelor's degree in 1995 in marketing from Murray State, where he was a two-year letterman at wide receiver.
Crouse and his family live in Collierville, Tenn.
