Penn State Harrisburg

Kadine Johnson-Crowder enters her second season as Penn State Harrisburg's men's and women's track & field and cross country head coach in 2022-23 after taking over in January of 2022. She is just the second head coach in program history. 

Johnson-Crowder’s abbreviated 2021 indoor season culminated with a pair of New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Championships, as Tatyana Gibson claimed the 800m crown and Sammi Aromin won 5,000m gold. Both garnered NJAC All-Conference First-Team accolades for their efforts. Gibson also earned U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Indoor All-Region honors in the 800m. The outdoor campaign included even more success, as Gibson (800m) and Kyli Moon-Rumsey (heptathlon) secured USTFCCCA Outdoor All-Region recognition. Gibson was named the NJAC Outdoor Rookie of the Year after winning a conference championship in the 1,500m and clinching silver in the 800m. Aromin also won an NJAC Title in the 10,000m and finished as the runner-up in the 5,000m as well. Moon-Rumsey (heptathlon) and Starr Williams (triple jump) also earned second-place finishes in their respective events. In total, the foursome combined for six NJAC Outdoor All-Conference honors.

Prior to her time at Penn State Harrisburg, Johnson-Crowder served as an assistant coach in charge of throws at Division II Wayne State for two-plus seasons. Prior to joining the WSU staff, she served as an assistant at Division III Amherst in 2018-19 after coaching throws at Division I Louisiana Tech for three seasons. She was an assistant on the Texas Pan-American (UTPA) staff for two years following a two-year stint as a volunteer assistant at Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) from 2011 to 2013.  

As an athlete, she competed internationally for Jamaica and earned the runner-up spot in the hammer throw at the 2011 World Championship Trials, nearly qualifying for the Olympics as the country's third-ranked thrower. Johnson-Crowder was a standout collegiate athlete as well, starring at Albany. While there, she set program records in the hammer throw (outdoor) and weight throw (indoor) and won a pair of America East Conference Championships in the events during her senior campaign. 

Johnson-Crowder also oversees Penn State Harrisburg's Student-Athlete Wellness. She earned her Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from Albany in 2011 and earned her Mental Health Specialist Psychology Certification from Louisiana before earning a Master's Degree in Criminal Justice from Grambling State in 2018.