Career
As of the end of the 2014-2015 National Basketball Association season, Crawford has officiated in 1,786 regular season games and more than 300 playoff games, most recently Game 3 of the 2015 National Basketball Association Finals. He wears the uniform number 43. Crawford has been part of the officiating crew for many of the league"s most important games, including Games 3 and 7 of the 2013 National Basketball Association Finals and Game 2 of the 2014 National Basketball Association Finals.
He also refereed the 1994 National Basketball Association All-Star Game, the 2001 National Basketball Association All-Star Game and the 2016 National Basketball Association All-Star Game.
A 1976 graduate of Northeastern Illinois University, Crawford"s officiating experience includes 12 years of high school basketball, eight years of collegiate officiating experience in the Missouri Valley Conference and Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference, and four years in the Continental Basketball Association (College of Business Administration). Drew went on to play on the 2013-2014 Northwestern Wildcats men"s basketball team