South Dakota Mines

Crum was hired as the new athletic director at South Dakota Mines on July 1 of 2024.

Crum brings more than 30 years of collegiate athletic experience as well as an extensive background in fundraising. 

Crum graduated with a bachelor’s degree in communications from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn., and a master’s degree in sports management from Ohio State University.

Following graduation, Crum joined the collegiate athletics world in various positions at UCLA, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and the University of Louisiana-Monroe. 

In 1997, Crum became the assistant athletics director for major gifts at Iowa State University where he helped raise over $28 million in a three-year period, set an annual fundraising record, closed the single-largest gift in Iowa State athletic history, and raised over $3.5 million over a nine-month period.

After spending a decade with the Cyclones, Crum moved on to the University of Minnesota in 2007 where he was the associate athletics director for development and led the fundraising campaign that raised over $90 million to build the new TCF Bank Stadium. In addition to fundraising duties, Crum also managed the department’s annual budget and team budgets for each of the university’s 25 Division I sports. 

After the University of Minnesota, Crum became the senior associate athletics director for development at Colorado State University from 2012-2022. Throughout his time with the Rams, Crum led a team that raised over $98 million throughout his tenure and allowed the university to construct a new football stadium. In 2017, Crum was selected as the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) Fundraiser of the Year. 

From 2022-2023, Crum spent time in the private sector as the executive director of development for UCHealth but knew immediately that he wanted to get back into collegiate athletics. 

Crum and his wife Linda have three children – Allison, Abigail and Adelaide.