FRESNO, Calif. - Fresno State football head coach Matt Entz announced on Friday that Zach Crabtree has been hired as the Bulldogs' offensive line coach. Crabtree comes to Fresno State after spending three seasons at USC as the assistant offensive line coach and a graduate assistant.
The 2024 season was his first as the assistant offensive line coach, and before that he was an offensive graduate assistant in 2022 and 2023.
He spent the 2021 season at Oklahoma State, his alma mater, working with the offensive line as an analyst.
His first bit of collegiate coaching experience was at Baylor from 2019-20, working with the offensive line as a graduate assistant.
Crabtree played professionally for the Los Angeles Chargers from 2017-18, but retired due to a knee injury.
He was an offensive lineman at Oklahoma State for 5 seasons (2013-17). He started 46 games at right tackle as a Cowboy. As a senior in 2017, he earned First Team All-Big 12 (Football Coaches) and Second Team All-Big 12 (AP) honors. He was honored by the Oklahoma State coaching staff with the Vernon Grant Award for outstanding leadership, spirit and enthusiasm. As a junior in 2016, he made the All-Big 12 Second Team (Football Coaches.) In 2015, he earned the Vernon Grant Award from the coaching staff. He was awarded placement on the Big 12 All-Academic Second Team in 2014.
He received his bachelor's degree in sports management from Oklahoma State in 2017.
He prepped at Mansfield HS in Mansfield, Texas.