Vincent Crowley, Jr. is a 1999 Lafayette High School graduate. While at Lafayette, he participated in baseball, track, football, and wrestling. He lettered two years in track, three years in football and four years in wrestling. In track, he was All-Conference, All-District and Sectional Qualifier. In football, he was All-City three times, second team conference and honorable-mention district player as a full-back. In wrestling, he holds the record for most pins and third for most career wins. He was two-time Academic All-State, four-time City Champ, two-time Conference Champ, two-time District Champ and two-time State Qualifier (fourth and fifth).

During high school, Crowley also participated in USA wrestling. He was a Northern Plains bronze medalist and a Southern Plains silver medalist. He was a member of the Freestyle and Greco National Team, a four-time Greco state champ and two-time Freestyle runner-up. He was a Great Britain Tour de Monde champion.

He continued wrestling at Central Missouri State University, where he was a two-time varsity letter winner with a record of 45-21, ranked as high as fourth in the nation. Due to an injury, he ended his college career in wrestling, but became an assistant coach for the program. He majored in CADD technology.

Crowley returned to Lafayette in 2004 as a Technology Education Instructor. He was the Assistant Wrestling Coach from 2004 – 2011 and the Assistant Soccer Coach from 2008 – 2012. From 2012 – 2015, he became an Applied Technology Instructor at Platte City Middle School, where he was the Assistant Wrestling Coach. In 2012, Crowley completed his Masters of Science in Leadership at the University of Central Missouri.

Crowley will take over duties from Kevin Jones, Lafayette’s longtime Head Wrestling Coach, who retired this school year.

— St. Joseph School District Press Release —