Crispin came to Kansas State Normal in 1912, originally as an athletic instructor, but was later given football coaching duties when previous coach Fred Honhart resigned to go pursue studies in medicine.
[1] He resigned the coaching job in 1914 after a proposed pay cut was put forward by the university's board.
[2] On November 27, 1914, Crispin married Daisy Burlingame, who had also worked at Kansas State Normal, in the bursar's office in Erie, Kansas.
He had been working as an athletics supervisor with public schools in Madison, Wisconsin at the time where he also resided.
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