New Crum Basketball Center
Rising next to Moody Coliseum is a major new practice facility for the SMU men’s and women’s basketball teams.
Gary T. (’69) and Sylvie P. Crum
The $13-million, 43,000-square-foot Crum Basketball Center will give the Mustangs basketball and volleyball teams dramatically more space and flexibility for practice and training. The facility is named for Sylvie P. and Gary T. Crum (’69), who provided the leadership gift to establish the center.
Opportunities for students to compete using resources like the Crum Center are an important part of a vibrant campus experience at SMU. The coaches see it as an important recruiting tool as well.
“The Crum Basketball Center will allow us to attract and develop the very best student-athletes from across the country and help return Mustang basketball to national prominence,” says Matt Doherty, SMU head men’s basketball coach.
Rhonda Rompola (’83), SMU head women’s basketball coach says, “The strong commitment SMU has made to basketball will be evident in this new facility.
The Crum Basketball Center will include two full-size practice courts, players’ locker rooms and lounges, a fully-equipped training and rehabilitation room with in-ground hydrotherapy pools, a strength and condition room, coaches’ offices and film editing rooms. The center will be linked to Moody Coliseum by a tunnel.
Gary Crum currently serves on SMU’s Board of Trustees, the Cox School of Business Executive Board, the advisory councils of the McCombs School of Business and the MBA Investment Fund at the University of Texas at Austin.
Sylvie Crum, in addition to her substantial community involvement, is a Regent’s representative on the Intercollegiate Athletic Council for Women and a member of the Longhorn Foundation Advisory Council at the University of Texas.
Other Crum contributions to SMU include Crum Auditorium in the Cox School of Business’ Collins Executive Education Center.
If you would like information about this project, please contact Craig Shaver at 214-768-3639 or cshaver@smu.edu.