After a storied head coaching career, where he spent 32 seasons at the helm at Long Beach City College, Casey Crook is the newest addition to the Falcons coaching staff. In his tenure with the Vikings, Crook posted a remarkable 728-547-7 record that included nine South Coast Conference Championships and a 3C2A State Championship in 2006. Current Cerritos head coach Nate Fernley was a starting pitcher for Crook and the Vikings in 1996 and 1999, while he was the team’s pitching coach during their state championship season.

Known for his motivational skills, Crook with work with the infielders and use his connections in the area to try and help a program he spent his entire career trying to defeat.

In their state championship season, theVikings got off to a 1-6 start in conference play, but when on the win 16 of their next 17 games and used that momentum entering the postseason. For his outstanding season, Crook was named California Community College Coach of the Year, as well as American Baseball Coaches Association Coach of the Year. His teams also claimed SCC titles in 1996, 2006, 2009, 2014-17, 2019, and 2022, earning him nine SCC Coach of the Year honors. He led his teams to 20 wins or more in 25 of his 32 seasons.

A native of Pullman, WA., Crook graduated from Pullman High School in 1985. He attended Washington State for a year before transferring to Briar Cliff (IA) University. At Briar Cliff, Crook was a two-time GTE Academic All-American. He finished his career as the school’s all-time leader in at-bats (697), hits (255), RBI (149), runs (178), and stolen bases (96). He is the school’s single-season leader in hits (76), at-bats (203) and triples (6). Crook still holds school record for triples in a season (6), triples in a career (12), runs in a career (178) and stolen bases in a career (96). He also remains on the school’s Top 10 chart in seven major statistical categories.

Crook helped the Chargers to two NAIA District 15 Championships. In 2005, Crook was inducted into Briar Cliff’s Athletic Hall of Fame.

In 1991, he took his first coaching job as an assistant at Long Beach State and helped guide the 49ers to a College World Series appearance. In the summer of 1991, he coached Carroll (IA) High School to a 21-6 record and a No. 9 state ranking.

Crook coached one more season at LBSU before joining the Viking coaching staff as an assistant in 1993. He then took over as head coach the following year in 1994.

Crook's son Connor, was a quarterback on the Falcons football team from 2016-17 and is now the head football coach at Artesia High.

Crook double-majored in Health, Physical Education and Recreation (HPER) and Mathematics from Briar Cliff in 1990. He then went on earn his Master’s degree in Physical Education from Long Beach State (1994).