Christien Crynes joined the Eagles’ staff in August 2016 as a volunteer assistant coach, working primarily with the Eagles’ developmental program.
Crynes graduated from Jenks High School before attending Arizona State University. While at ASU, he was an ASU Pat Tillman Leadership Through Action Scholar, which enabled him to establish an outreach program in Tulsa called Assault Athletics. The program prepared Native American and inner-city student-athletes for college through academic and professional development workshops, one-on-one mentoring and basketball training. Thirty student-athletes received scholarship offers as a result of Assault Athletics.
Crynes graduated from Arizona State in 2012 with bachelor’s degree in Marketing. After college, Crynes worked with Barrett, the Honors College at Arizona State, to increase National Scholar, first-generation, and minority enrollment. He then left to work on his master’s degree in business administration from the University of Oklahoma, from which he graduated in December 2015.
Prior to joining the Eagles’ staff, Crynes coached for BTR Basketball in Oklahoma City, serving as the head coach for the boys 15-under team and assistant for the boys 17-under team.
Crynes and his wife, Jackie, live in Norman. They are members of Victory Family Church.
