Ted Crass

Biography

Ted Crass enters his fourth season in this stint, and his eighth overall, as an assistant coach at ACU for the 2025-26 season. Crass returned to Abilene in the spring of 2022 after two successful years as a junior college head coach. Crass worked as an assistant on the Wildcats' staff from 2016-2020 before taking over the program at Otero College (Kan.). During his two seasons, his teams posted a 39-12 overall record and back-to-back regular season Region IX South Champions. In his first year at Otero College, the Rattlers finished the season with the most wins in the region (15-5) and were regular season conference co-champions (9-3). The team had 2 All-Conference players and 1 Academic All-American. Five different players from that team went on to 4-years schools on Full Scholarships. In his second season at Otero, the Rattlers won an outright regular season Region IX Title, were ranked in the national top 25 polls and reached the Regional Championship game before being upset on a buzzer beater. That team had an honorable mention NJCAA All-American, two All-Conference players (Including former Wildcat player Hunter Jack Madden), and six players moved on to 4-year schools on full scholarship. During his first stint at Abilene Christian, Crass helped lead the Wildcats to the 2019 NCAA Tournament, Southland Tournament Championship and the most wins in school history (27) in his third season as an assistant coach with the program. Crass joined ACU in April 2016 as an assistant