Ron Crook

Offensive line coach Ron Crook joined the University of Cincinnati staff in January 2017.

The 27-year veteran of the coaching ranks starts his second stint with the Bearcats after serving as a graduate assistant working with the offensive line in 1993. He has mentored offensive linemen from coast-to-coast, with stops at West Virginia, Stanford, Harvard, Illinois, West Liberty State, Glenville State, Clarion, and West Virginia Tech. 

Crook has coached 38 all-conference players, nine All-Americans, nine NFL players, spent five years as a special teams coordinator and three coaching tight ends, has been part of 10 championship-winning teams, working with a pair of teams that made the NCAA Division II playoffs and was with the Bearcats for a 2021 season that got them into the College Football Playoff.