Football | 4/9/2025 12:04:00 PM

The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) announced in March the organization's inaugural honorees for the Coaches Legacy Awards, presented by Nufabrx, which recognizes the all-time winningest coaches in NJCAA history.

Among the honorees is Utah Tech (formerly Dixie State) Athletics Hall of Fame (2011) and NJCAA Hall of Fame (2022) head football coach Greg Croshaw, who was one of the most successful coaches in junior college football, and to this day stands as the third all-time winningest coach in NJCAA history.

Croshaw served as head football coach and Dixie State College for 24 seasons, during which time compiled a 214-56-1 overall career record with 12 seasons of 10 or more wins, highlighted by five 11-1 campaigns. 
 
He led the Rebels to 17 Western States Football League (WSFL) championships, 20 bowl game appearances, and a 15-5 postseason record, and owns the distinction of never recording a losing season.
 
Croshaw was an eight-time WSFL Coach of the Year honoree, and earned Utah Collegiate Coach of the Year honors five times (1986, 1987, 1989, 1995, 1996). 

During his storied career on the Dixie sidelines, Croshaw mentored 62 NJCAA All-Americans and 17 all-academic honorees, while his student-athletes were consistently ranked amongst national leaders in several statistical categories.

Under his tenure, Dixie State boasted the national rushing leader nine times, the national passing leader twice, and garnered four national Player of the Year accolades.  In 1996, Rodrick Johnson set an NJCAA record with 233.8 rushing yards per game across 10 contests. 

In addition, Croshaw was actively involved at the national level, serving as NJCAA Football Coaches Association vice president in 1987 before serving as president from 1988-1992. 

The NJCAA Coaches Legacy Awards presentation marks the first in the near 90-year history of the organization that coaches have been recognized in such a fashion. 

In all, nearly 200 coaches across 28 NJCAA-sponsored sports from around the country were nominated by the member colleges at which they coached. 

Coach Croshaw is one of six head football coaches nationally, and the only Utah junior college head coach, who is on the NJCAA's inaugural year awards list. 

"Being able to recognize our coaches, past and present, is a wonderful thing for the NJCAA, our member institutions, the coaches, and their families," said Dr. Christopher Parker, NJCAA President and CEO. "We look forward to having many of these coaches come together for us to celebrate their accomplishments and contributions to the NJCAA later this year."

All honorees will be recognized at a special luncheon on Tuesday, June 17, in Charlotte, North Carolina, at the Hilton Charlotte University Place Hotel. The luncheon will precede the 2025 NJCAA Hall of Fame and Awards event, scheduled for later that day.

For more information on the NJCAA's Coaches Legacy Awards, please visit www.njcaa.org.