Ryan Crawford is in his first year at the Naval Academy and will coach the safeties.
Crawford comes to Navy from Wake Forest where he spent the past four years coaching in the secondary and served as the assistant special teams coordinator for the past two years.
 In his four years in Winston-Salem, Wake Forest compiled a record of 30-19 and went to four bowl games. In 2021, Wake Forest finished 11-3 and was ranked as high as 10th in the nation.
 In 2020, Wake Forest was one of seven FBS schools with a turnover margin of at least +10 and it was one of five schools in the country to post back-to-back seasons with at least 13 interceptions.
 In his first year working with the special teams in 2020, the Demon Deacons returned a kickoff for a touchdown for the first time since 2003 and Donovan Greene finished fourth in the country in kickoff return average (34.0 yards per return).
Prior to making the move to Winston-Salem, Crawford spent six seasons as the secondary coach and special teams coordinator at Harvard. During that time, the Crimson were regularly ranked in the top 10 in scoring defense and total defense in the FCS, while Justice Shelton-Mosely led the FCS with an average of 18.8 yard per punt return while also leading the FCS with a pair of touchdown returns in 2017.
Before moving to the Ivy League, Crawford had multi-year stops at Rhode Island, Bucknell and his alma mater Davidson. In his final season at Rhode Island, Crawford was promoted to defensive coordinator.
A 2001 graduate of Davidson, Crawford earned a bachelor’s degree in biology while playing defensive back and was named the school’s male athlete of the year in 2000. He led the FCS with eight interceptions his junior season, while earning First-Team All-America honors. He was also named the FCS Mid-Major Defensive Back of the Year. He was inducted into the Davidson Hall of Fame in 2012.
Crawford went on to play professionally with the Indiana Firebirds of the Arena Football League and the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.
Crawford and his wife, Carrie, have a daughter, Dylan, and son, Bryson.
