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 Crean signed a contract in 2006 that made him one of the highest-paid coaches in college basketball at $1.6m/year for 10 years.
-On April 1st, 2008, word leaked that Crean had taken the head coaching job at Indiana University, making $2.3m/year.
+On April 1st, 2008, word leaked that Crean had taken the head coaching job at Indiana University at a salary of $2.3m/year.
+Shortly after the announcement that he had taken the job, word surfaced that he had not informed the president of the Marquette University, Fr. Robert Wild until nearly 7 hours after the report of his hiring...he called Fr. Wild at midnight to discuss the matter. In addition, his players heard the news not from the coach that brought them to Milwaukee, but from ESPN.
+In the days after his departure, he pursued several Marquette recruits, including Nick Williams, who had signed a letter of intent with MU and Erik Williams, who rebuffed Crean's advances and re-affirmed his verbal commitment to the Warriors.
+A blog entry on the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel website indicated how unhappy Father Wild was with the way Crean abandoned his players and the university that had been so good to him and his family.
 ===== Hiring =====
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 Crean immediately made a number of changes at Marquette, creating a new team image by increasing the significance of the team's media day and instituting a "Midnight Madness" event commonly held by schools on the night teams are allowed to begin practice. Crean's first recruiting class was considered by experts to be among the top twenty in the country, Marquette's first in a long time.
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 ===== Accomplishments =====
 ^ Year 	^ Position 	^ Overall Record 	^ Conference Record 	^ Accomplishments ^
-| 2007-08 	| Marquette, Head Coach 	| 25-10 	| 11-7 	| Beat UW, ND twice, 1 Win BET, 1 Win NCAA  |
+| 2007-08 	| Marquette, Head Coach 	| 25-10 	| 11-7 	| Beat UW, ND twice, 1 Win NCAA  |
 | 2006-07 	| Marquette, Head Coach 	| 24-10 	| 10-6 	| CBE (formerly Guardians Classic) Champion |
 | 2005-06 	| Marquette, Head Coach 	| 20-11 	| 10-6 	| Great Alaska Shootout Champion; 4th place BIG EAST; NCAA Tournament |
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-=== Through Seven Seasons Tom Crean Has Recruited ===
-  *Three All-Americans
-  *Three Future NBA Players
-  *Four 1,000 point career scorers
-  *Two 500+ rebounders
-  *Marquette's All-Time Leader in Free Throw Percentage
-  *Marquette's All-Time Leader in Three-Point Field Goal Percentage
-  *Marquette's All-Time Leader in Three-Point Field Goals Attempted
-  *Marquette's All-Time Leader in Three-Point Field Goals Made
-  *Marquette's All-Time Leader in Games Played
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-===== Tom Crean's Marquette Post-Season Records =====
+===== Marquette Post-Season Records =====
 ^ Year 	^ Record  ^Conference Tournament Result	^ NCAA/NIT Result ^
 | 2007-08 	|3-2|BET:#6 Seed: Beat SHU, ND, Lost to Pitt | NCAA #6 Seed: beat #11 UK, Lost to #3 Stanford in OT   |
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 | 1999-2000 	|0-2|CUSA:Lost to Houston in 1st Round | NIT: Lost to Xavier |
 |Season Totals:9|13-17| CUSA/BET Totals  6-9 --- 5 One and Dones| NIT: 2-3  NCAA:  5-5 --- 5 One and Dones |
+===== Recruiting =====
+At Marquette Tom Crean Recruited:
+  *Three All-Americans
+  *Five Future NBA Players
+  *Four 1,000 point career scorers
+  *Two 500+ rebounders
+  *Marquette's All-Time Leader in Free Throw Percentage
+  *Marquette's All-Time Leader in Three-Point Field Goal Percentage
+  *Marquette's All-Time Leader in Three-Point Field Goals Attempted
+  *Marquette's All-Time Leader in Three-Point Field Goals Made
+  *Marquette's All-Time Leader in Games Played
 ===== Awards =====
-==== 2002 ====
+=== 2002 ===
   *  Ray Meyer Conference USA Coach of the Year
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   *  Basketball Times Mideast Coach of the Year
-==== 2003 ====
+=== 2003 ===
   * 2003- Ray Meyer Conference USA Coach of the Year
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-===== Coaching Positions =====
-|1989–1990|Michigan State (asst.)|
-|1990–1994|Western Kentucky (asst.)|
-|1994–1995|Pittsburgh (asst.)|
-|1995–1999|Michigan State (asst.)|
-|1999–2008|Marquette|
-|2008-|Indiana|
+===== Previous Coaching Positions =====
 ==== Michigan State ====
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 Crean followed Willard to Pittsburgh, serving as associate head coach for one year. While at Pittsburgh, Crean interviewed for the head coaching position at Murray State University, a job that went to UCLA assistant coach Mark Gottfried.
 ==== Michigan State ====
-In 1995 Crean rejoined Izzo, who had been named head coach at Michigan State. The two became such good friends that Crean lived in Izzo's house and Izzo was an usher in Crean's wedding. According to Crean at the time, "It was a great opportunity for me to go back home. We've been friends a long time. I don't think I would have left Ralph for anything else." Crean served as recruiting coordinator at Michigan State, and was the leader behind a shift in the recruitment of Michigan players to Michigan State instead of the University of Michigan. He directed the staff's preparation for opponents, and wrote reports identifying several aspects on each of the opponent's players. He also handled the substitutions, called many of the plays, and formulated a play sheet that used a lot of pro sets on offense. While Crean was at Michigan State, the Spartans compiled an 88-41 record.
+ {{  men_s_basketball:izzo_crean.jpg?250}}In 1995 Crean rejoined Izzo, who had been named head coach at Michigan State. The two became such good friends that Crean lived in Izzo's house and Izzo was an usher in Crean's wedding. According to Crean at the time, "It was a great opportunity for me to go back home. We've been friends a long time. I don't think I would have left Ralph for anything else." Crean served as recruiting coordinator at Michigan State, and was the leader behind a shift in the recruitment of Michigan players to Michigan State instead of the University of Michigan. He directed the staff's preparation for opponents, and wrote reports identifying several aspects on each of the opponent's players. He also handled the substitutions, called many of the plays, and formulated a play sheet that used a lot of pro sets on offense. While Crean was at Michigan State, the Spartans compiled an 88-41 record.
-===== Coaching tree =====
+===== Coaching Tree =====
 A number of Crean's assistants have become head coaches elsewhere.
-    * [[Tim Buckley]] - Ball State University
     * [[Tod Kowalczyk]] - University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
     * [[Darrin Horn]] - Western Kentucky University, South Carolina (current)
     * [[Kyle Green]] - Lewis University
-===== Personal =====
-Crean grew up in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, where he played basketball for four years. According to Crean, "I didn't play a lot, but I knew I wanted to coach." While a student at Central Michigan University, Crean was an assistant coach at Mount Pleasant High School for five seasons, and at Alma College. Crean received his bachelor's degree in parks and recreation from Central Michigan in 1989.
-Crean is married to Joani Harbaugh, who he met through a mutual friend at a gym where she was working as an aerobics instructor. Harbaugh is the daughter of former Western Michigan University head football coach Jack Harbaugh and sister of former University of Michigan and NFL quarterback Jim Harbaugh. Crean's brother-in-law, John Harbaugh, is an assistant coach with the Philadelphia Eagles. Crean and his wife have three children, Megan, Riley, and Ainsley.
+===== Personal =====
+Crean grew up in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, where he played basketball for four years. According to Crean, "I didn't play a lot, but I knew I wanted to coach." While a student at Central Michigan University, Crean was an assistant coach at Mount Pleasant High School for five seasons, and at Alma College. Crean received his bachelor's degree in parks and recreation from Central Michigan in 1989.
-Sources: Many parts of this article came from Crean's Wikipedia entry. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Crean_(basketball_coach)|Click here for sourcing.]]
+Crean is married to Joani Harbaugh, who he met through a mutual friend at a gym where she was working as an aerobics instructor. Harbaugh is the daughter of former Western Michigan University head football coach Jack Harbaugh and sister of former University of Michigan and NFL quarterback Jim Harbaugh. Crean's brother-in-law, John Harbaugh, is the head football coach of the Baltimore Ravens. Crean and his wife have three children, Megan, Riley, and Ainsley.

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