Gravelle Craig Explained

Gravelle Craig
Birth Date:10 June 1970
Player Years1:1991–1994
Player Team1:Cleveland State
Player Positions:Guard
Coach Years1:2001–2003
Coach Team1:Morris Brown College (asst.)
Coach Years2:2003–2004
Coach Team2:Chicago State (asst.)
Coach Years3:2004–2011
Coach Team3:Bethune-Cookman (asst./assoc. HC)
Coach Years4:2011–2017
Coach Team4:Bethune Cookman (Head Coach)
Coach Team5:Stetson (assistant)
Coach Years5:2018–2019
Coach Team6:SPIRE Institute (Prep/Postgraduate Head Coach)
Coach Years6:2019-2023
Overall Record:74–123

Gravelle Craig (born June 10, 1970) is a college basketball coach, currently serving as an assistant coach at Canisius University. From 2011 to 2017, Craig was the head coach for the Bethune-Cookman University men's basketball team. He is a former college basketball player (Richmond / Cleveland State).

Head coaching career

The Bethune-Cookman Wildcats started slow winning only four out of their first fifteen games, a (4–11) start. Bethune-Cookman's strong showing (14-6) in the next twenty games gave Craig an 18–17 mark for his first season. They advanced to the MEAC Conference Championship game for the first and only time in school history. This would be the fourth consecutive winning season for the Wildcats. Craig resigned on March 20, 2017, after six seasons .[1]

Associate coach

Craig started serving as assistant coach 2004, serving as an associate head coach for six seasons before being named head coach in 2011. As associate head coach, his roles were to oversee the development of the Wildcats' backcourt players, recruit and scout future players and monitor the player's academics[2]

On September 21, 2018, it was announced Craig would become an assistant at Stetson under head coach Corey Williams.[3] Craig then would serve four seasons as Head Coach at Spire Academy a national prep school located in Geneva, Ohio from May 2019 - June 2023. Coach Craig is currently an assistant coach at Canisius University.

Personal life

Craig is a graduate of Cleveland State University. He obtained his Masters Degree from Bethune Cookman University in 2016. He currently resides in Cleveland, Ohio.

Notes and References

  1. News: BCU Men’s Basketball Makes Coaching Change . . March 20, 2017 . March 28, 2017.
  2. Web site: Gravelle Craig. B-CU. 2013-06-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20140407102321/http://www.bcuathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=23910&ATCLID=205433315. 2014-04-07. dead.
  3. Web site: Gravelle Craig Joins Men's Basketball Staff - Stetson University. Stetson University. en. 2018-11-04.