In Loving Memory Of Coach Antonino Crews

News Brief by Virmeko Montgomery. Photo By Instagram. 

Coach Antonino Crews died on October 21, 2021. Coach Crews was loved by everyone at Friendship and will always be remembered as  LLCoach Crews. He has been a classroom aide at Tech Prep since 2016 and was a coach for FCA’s junior varsity football team.

My experience with Coach Crews was positive. He always helped me with anything—especially football advice. Coach Crews made funny jokes. He was always asking, “How’s your mom?” but when it was time to play football, he got real serious. He always told me to take football seriously.  Avonte Forte, one of the many players coached by Coach Tony Crews said that when Coach Crews died, it really hurt him to the core because Crews was one of the main reasons that he was playing football. 

The memorial for Coach Tony Crews was held Wednesday, October 20 at the JV football game on the Donald L. Hense Field. He’ll be coaching in heaven now.  

Virmeko Montgomery is a senior at Friendship Collegiate Academy.