Jeff Crosby - Football Coach - University of North Texas Athletics

Jeff Crosby

Title:
Special Teams Coordinator
Email:
UNTFootball@unt.edu
Alma Mater:
Northern Arizona, 2015

Jeff Crosby was hired at the special teams coordinator for UNT football in January of 2026.

In over 10 years on staffs at the FBS level, Crosby has worked with two College Football Playoff teams and eight bowl teams, including appearances at the Cotton, Fiesta, Peach, Rose and Sugar Bowls with time at App State, Texas, Washington and Southern Miss.

Crosby spent the 2025 season as the special teams coordinator at App State where he helped the Mountaineers earn a trip to the JLab Birmingham Bowl.

In 2025 at App State, Crosby coached a Mountaineers special teams unit that finished in the top 30 in FBS in net punting (28th), blocked kicks (t-9th) and punt returns (26th). App State was one of just four FBS programs to block three or more extra points/field goals in 2025.

Crosby was key in the development of Third Team All-Sun Belt selection Dominic De Freitas who finished the season knocking down 20 of 25 FGs with a long of 49.

Crosby assisted with the Texas Longhorns' special teams from 2021-24.

In Texas' first season in the SEC and fourth under head coach Steve Sarkisian in 2024, Crosby worked with a Longhorns team that went 11-1 in the regular season and lost to Georgia in overtime in the SEC Championship Game before going 2-1 in the CFP with wins over Clemson and Arizona State and a loss to Ohio State in the semifinals. Kicker Bert Auburn broke the all-time school record for field goals made. The Longhorns' kick return defense led the SEC and ranked 13th nationally at 16.57 yards per return, while the punt return unit was fourth in the SEC and top 40 nationally at 10.5 yards per return.

In 2023, Auburn connected on a Big 12-record 19 consecutive field goals on his way to All-Big 12 first-team honors. He was joined on the first team by Xavier Worthy, who led the Big 12 and ranked second in the nation averaging 16.9 yards per punt return. As a unit, Texas also ranked 10th in the nation with three blocked kicks and was 16th in the nation with a net punting average of 41.76.

The 2022 season saw Auburn make 21 of 26 field goal attempts in his first season as the starting kicker. Texas blocked four kicks, the 10th-most in the nation, including three punts, the seventh-best mark in the FBS. The Longhorns were 14th in the nation in punt return defense (3.09 yards/return) and 22nd in kickoff return defense (17.23 yards/return).

In Crosby's first season in Austin in 2021, Texas tied for the FBS lead with four blocked punts while ranking fourth nationally with five total blocked kicks. Additionally, the Longhorns ranked 10th in the nation in punt return average allowed (2.86) and 38th in punt return average (10.13). Cameron Dicker was named a semifinalist for the Ray Guy Award while also being named first-team All-Big 12 as a punter and honorable mention as a placekicker after ranking ninth nationally in punting average (46.8 ypp) and 14th in field-goal percentage (13-of-15, 86.7).

In his four seasons in Seattle with head coaches Chris Petersen and Jimmy Lake, Washington compiled a 31-13 record with three bowl appearances. The 2019 Huskies team set a school record for punt average, while kicker Peyton Henry finished 19-for-21 on field goals. In 2017, the special teams unit included a consensus All-American in Dante Pettis, who set an NCAA record for career punt return touchdowns.

Crosby earned his first FBS position as an offensive quality control coach at Southern Miss in 2015 before transitioning to special teams in 2016.

A quarterback at Bakersfield College and Cal Lutheran, Crosby graduated with a bachelor's degree from Northern Arizona University in 2015. He is married to Hanna Ralston.

COACHING EXPERIENCE
2012-14: Bakersfield College, offensive assistant
2015: Southern Miss, offensive quality control
2016: Southern Miss, special teams quality control
2017-20: Washington, special teams quality control)
2021-24: Texas, senior analyst – special teams
2025: App State, special teams coordinator
2026-: UNT, special teams coordinator