The office of the most fascinating South Florida sports figure you don’t know is a spare bedroom in his townhouse. His team sometimes can’t practice on its homecourt because it’s rented out for graduations or book fairs.
Jim Crutchfield’s men’s basketball games at Nova Southeastern University aren’t televised, they’re lightly attended and his public profile doesn’t include so much as a Wikipedia page.
But Heat coach Erik Spoelstra met with Crutchfield to watch video for five hours a few years ago, then returned with his staff for more discussion this fall.
