Zach Crabtree enters his seventh year as the head coach of Southeastern Baseball. Through five-and-a-half seasons (2020 COVID-19) Crabtree has led the Savage Storm to a record of 133-122 overall, 87-88 in Great American Conference play, and 87-37 against other NCAA Division II Oklahoma schools.
During his tenure the Savage Storm have had twelve All-Conference players, one GAC Freshman of the Year, and two All-Region players.
Prior to Southeastern Crabtree served as head baseball coach and athletic director at Murray State College for seven years where his teams amassed a 281-134 record for a .677 winning percentage.
He guided his 2013 squad to a National Championship and led his teams to a pair of conference championships in 2012 and 2014 as well as another NJCAA World Series Appearance in 2017.
He posted four seasons with forty or more wins and has added a handful of personal honors to his wall. He was named the NJCAA Div. II Coach of the Year, A.B.C.A. Div. II JUCO Coach of the Year, the Diamond Sports NJCAA Div. II Coach of the Year, and NJCAA Div. II World Series Coach of the Tournament following his national title in 2013, and was the NJCAA Div. II Region 2 Coach of the Year as well as NJCAA Div. II Plains District Coach of the Year in both 2013 and again in 2017.
Twice in three years Crabtree also received the Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Association College Coach of the Year award, winning it in 2011 and 2013.
Over his time with the Aggies Crabtree has coached five All-Americans and 42 All-Conference players, while 76 of his athletes moved on to four year colleges and universities.
Prior to taking over the reins of the Murray State College baseball program, Crabtree spent nine successful years at the high school level and seven years of coaching Larry Dyson Motors American Legion baseball team in Durant.
Crabtree spent time as the head coach at Ft. Towson, Caney, and Durant High Schools, where his teams compiled an overall record of 376-154 for a winning percentage of .709. He guided five of his teams to the Oklahoma State Tournament, including three semi-final appearances. Under Crabtree’s guidance Larry Dyson Motors American Legion team compiled a record 251-80 for a winning percentage of .758 over seven years.
In that time, three of Crabtree’s teams reach the American Legion State Tournament. Crabtree capped off his American Legion coaching career in the summer of 2007, when he guided Larry Dyson Motors AA American Legion team to its first ever state championship. The state tournament championship qualified them for the National Tournament in Jennings, Louisiana; where Crabtree’s squad went on to capture the 2007 American Legion AA National Championship.
He is certainly no stranger to Texoma as he is a 1992 graduate of Colbert High School, who went on to receive both his Bachelor’s degree in Recreation and his Master’s degree in Education Administration from Southeastern Oklahoma State University.
Crabtree resides in Durant with his wife, Valerie, and their twin daughters Ava and Gracie, and son Brewer.
