Crossroads College Director of Athletics A.J. Carson announced today the hiring of Richard Westerlund as the new Head Men’s Basketball Coach. Westerlund graduated from Lancaster Bible College (Lancaster, PA) with a Bachelor of Science in Sports Management and Bible. Westerlund was the head boy’s basketball coach for 3 seasons at Harford Christian Academy in Darlington, MD. During his time at Harford, Westerlund took a diminished program and built it up to eventually winning the school’s first ever state championship finishing the 2012-13 season with a 24-6 final record.

Westerlund was a 1st team NCCAA All-Region baseball player and an All-Conference soccer player at Lancaster, but admits that basketball is his favorite sport. “My passion is to impact lives through the game of basketball. I love the opportunity that sport gives to teach life lessons. I believe sports are merely a microcosm for life. It is my goal to impact my player’s lives not just as athletes, but as people, students, and Christians.”

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