SUNY Cortland Athletics

Tom Cranfield was promoted to Senior Associate Director of Athletics at Cortland in the fall of 2014. He previously was named Associate Director of Athletics in the fall of 2010 after serving in that role in an interim capacity since May of that year. His responsibilities include working with budget and transportation issues within the Athletic Department.

Cranfield was the Assistant Director of Athletics in charge of compliance and scheduling from July of 2006 until his promotion. In order to successfully fulfill his responsibilities in that role, he stepped down as Cortland's men's ice hockey coach - a position he held for six seasons. During his tenure behind the Cortland bench, Cranfield led the Red Dragons to four  consecutive State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) playoff berths from 2002-05. Three of his players moved on to professional hockey.

Prior to Cortland, Cranfield served as head ice hockey coach and taught physical education at the highly regarded Northfield Mount Hermon Prep School in Massachusetts from 1995-2001. He was an assistant coach at Cortland for two seasons from 1993-95.

A standout defenseman at Cortland from 1989-93, Cranfield is the school’s career assist leader (73) and ranks 13th in overall scoring with 93 points. As a senior in 1992-93, he earned first team All-SUNYAC honors as the Red Dragons finished 19-9 that season and advanced to the finals of the conference postseason tournament. Cranfield was a team captain and earned the program’s Red Letter Award in both his junior and senior seniors. He earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education in 1993 and a master’s degree in education in 1995.

Cranfield and his wife, Tara, currently reside in Cortland with their daughter, Gabrielle, and son, Tyler.