Antwan Crutcher is in his first season with the Emporia State football program, joining the coaching staff as a graduate assistant and coaching the defensive linemen.

In 2015, Crutcher worked as a life coach at Ginn Academy, a public high school in Cleveland, Ohio, founded by Ted Ginn, Sr. Prior to beginning his postgraduate career, Crutcher graduated with a bachelor's degree in communication from Ohio University and earned his sales certificate from the Ralph and Luci Schey Sales Centre of Ohio University.

An Ohio native himself, coach Crutcher played for the Ohio University Bobcats, of the Mid-American Conference, for the entirety of his collegiate athlete career. His time as a Bobcat is decorated by three bowl game appearances, the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl in 2011, the first bowl win in program history, the Independence Bowl in 2012, and the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl in 2013. Crutcher became a full-time starter his junior year.