Girls Basketball: Freedom Coach Joe Crawford Steps Down After 2 Seasons at Helm

South Riding (Feb. 14, 2012) - Freedom High School head varsity girls basketball coach, Joe Crawford, who has been a part of the program since the school opened in 2005, stepped down on Tuesday.

As an assistant coach, he was instrumental in the program’s back-to-back state championships in 2009 and 2010. Crawford was named the head varsity coach in 2010 and led the team to a region semifinal appearance last February.

This season was tougher for the Eagles as they moved up the AAA Cedar Run District where the team went 5-5 in league play and 10-15 overall, with the season ending last week in the district semifinals. Crawford's two-year record with Freedom was 28-24.

Freedom athletic director Matt Oblas released this statement: "Freedom High School, the athletic department, and basketball program thank him for his commitment and dedication to Freedom’s athletes."