Mike Gravier Explained

Mike Gravier
Current Title:Head coach
Current Team:Hug HS (NV)
Current Conference:NIAA 4A
Birth Date:27 September 1960
Player Years1:?
Player Team1:Grand Valley State
Coach Years1:1988
Coach Team1:Southeast Missouri State (WR)
Coach Years2:1989–1991
Coach Team2:Michigan Tech (QB/RB/WR)
Coach Years3:1992–1994
Coach Team3:Malone (OC)
Coach Years4:1995–1998
Coach Team4:Malone
Coach Years5:2009
Coach Team5:Concord (TE)
Coach Years6:2011–2012
Coach Team6:Bluefield
Coach Years7:2013
Coach Team7:Valparaiso (interim HC)
Coach Years8:2014
Coach Team8:Eastern Michigan (assistant)
Coach Years9:2017–2018
Coach Team9:North Park (associate HC / OL)
Coach Years10:2019–present
Coach Team10:Hug HS (NV)
Overall Record:30–24–1 (college)
Tournament Record:1–1 (NAIA D-II playoffs)
0–1 (NAIA playoffs)
Championships:3 MSFA Mideast League (1995–1996, 1998)

Mike Gravier (born September 27, 1960)[1] is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at Hug High School in Reno, Nevada, a position he had held since 2019. Gravier served as the head football coach at Malone College—now known as Malone University—in Canton, Ohio, from 1995 to 1998 and at Bluefield College in Bluefield, Virginia, in 2012. He was also the interim head football coach at Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana, for the final game of the 2013 season.

Gravier played college football at Grand Valley State University. At Malone, he led the Malone Pioneers football to significant victories early in the history of the program and an NAIA Division II playoff appearance in the program's third year.[2] [3]

Coaching career

Malone

Gravier was the second head football coach at Malone College—now known as Malone University—in Canton, Ohio, serving for four seasons, from 1995 to 1998, and compiling a record of His career coaching record at Malone was 30–12–1.[4] [5] [6] This ranks him first at Malone in total wins and first at Malone in winning percentage.[7]

Gravier's success at Malone is supported by his first-year record of 10 wins, 1 loss, and 1 tie[8] and included a victory over rival Geneva College.[9] The sole loss came in the quarterfinal playoffs for the NAIA national championships.[10] His team also reached the national championship hunt during his last season at Malone, losing to Georgetown College.[11] Three of the four years he coached at Malone, his team was either league champion or co-champion.[12] In spite of his success on the field, he was asked to resign by the administration a week before the season opening game of 1999[13] after allegations surfaced that he struck a student athlete during a practice session.[14]

Assistant coaching

Prior to coaching at Malone, he was an assistant coach for the Michigan Tech Huskies[15] and at Southeast Missouri State[16] He also was an assistant at Malone under head coach Joe Palmisano, whom he replaced to be the head coach.[17] [18] He also worked as the tight ends coach at Concord University in Athens, West Virginia.[19]

Bluefield College

Gravier was the head coach for the Bluefield College Rams in Bluefield, Virginia. The program participated in non-sanctioned "club play" for the 2011 season and joined the NAIA's Mid-South Conference beginning in the 2012 football season.[20]

In their first season since 1941, the Bluefield Rams finished without a single win. Their record was 0–11 overall, recording 0–6 in conference play.[21] In April 2013 during spring drills, he was fired by the school.[22]

Valparaiso

Gravier became an assistant coach of the Valparaiso Crusaders for the 2013 season. When the head coach was fired with one game to go in the season, he was promoted to interim head coach for the final game.[23] Valparaiso lost their final game that season.[24]

At the end of the season, Dave Cecchini was hired as a full-time replacement[25] and Gravier was fired shortly thereafter.

Subsequent coaching jobs

During the 2014 season, Gravier served as an assistant coach at Eastern Michigan. After leaving the Eagles, he was out of college football. In 2017, he became the offensive line coach and associate coach at North Park[26] In 2019, Gravier was hired as the head football coach at Hug High School in Reno, Nevada.[27]

Head coaching record

College

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: No Better Gift For Gravier 0-2 Pioneers regroup to shut out Trinity – on coach's 37th birthday. Akron Beacon Journal. September 28, 1997.
  2. Web site: Geneva-Malone a Showdown of NAIA Div II Powerhouses. The Beaver County Times. John. Perrotto. October 27, 1995.
  3. Web site: Malone Expected Geneva Rematch. The Beaver County Times . John. Perrotto. November 15, 1995.
  4. Web site: Puma Football to Host Malone in Homecoming Game. Saint Joseph's College. October 14, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20060901100157/http://www.saintjoe.edu/news/announcements.html?id=430. September 1, 2006. dead.
  5. Web site: Transactions. Kansas City Star. January 14, 1995. D6.
  6. Web site: 2007-2008 Mid-States Football Association Press Guide. Mid-States Football Association. October 14, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080511171221/http://www.mid-statesfootball.org/docs/2007-08_PressGuide.pdf#67. May 11, 2008. dead.
  7. Web site: Malone Coaching Records . . David . DeLassus . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110525162709/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/naia/msfa_mideast/malone/coaching_records.php . May 25, 2011 .
  8. Web site: Records and archives. Mid-States Football Association. October 24, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080916133646/http://www.mid-statesfootball.org/archives.php#YearlyMSFAStandings. September 16, 2008. dead.
  9. Web site: Malone beats Geneva on last-play field goal. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Scott. Robertson. November 18, 1995.
  10. Web site: Malone College 1995 Football Results. College Football Data Warehouse. David. DeLassus. 2008-10-14. 2011-05-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20110525211911/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=4477&year=1995. dead.
  11. Web site: Malone College 1998 Football Results. College Football Data Warehouse. David. DeLassus. 2008-10-14. 2011-05-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20110525211916/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=4477&year=1998. dead.
  12. Web site: Mike Gravier Results by Year. College Football Data Warehouse. David. DeLassus. 2008-10-14. 2011-05-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20110525211928/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=4477. dead.
  13. Web site: Malone's long list of injured includes its starting QB . . Andy . Call . September 29, 1999 .
  14. Web site: Walsh's win is big news, in small way. Akron Beacon Journal. October 3, 1999.
  15. Web site: Football media guide. Michigan Tech Huskies. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110714085312/http://www.michigantechhuskies.com/pdf5/135292.pdf?ATCLID=1552704&SPSID=96244&SPID=10916&DB_OEM_ID=18800. July 14, 2011.
  16. Web site: NCAA Record. The NCAA News. April 5, 1989.
  17. Web site: Transactions. Baltimore Sun.
  18. Web site: Gravier New Malone Coach. Akron Beacon Journal. January 14, 1995.
  19. Web site: 2009 Football Coaching Staff. Concord University. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110708215626/http://www.cumountainlions.com/coaches.aspx?rc=19&path=football. July 8, 2011.
  20. Web site: Bluefield College names football coach. https://web.archive.org/web/20111003102551/http://www.religiousherald.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4386&Itemid=53. dead. October 3, 2011. Religious Herald. Jim. White. July 24, 2010. June 24, 2011.
  21. Web site: Bluefield College (2012 season results). DakTronics 3000. Daktronics, Inc.. November 11, 2012. January 4, 2014.
  22. Web site: Gravier out at Bluefield College. April 27, 2013. Bob. Redd. Bluefield Daily Telegraph. January 4, 2014.
  23. Web site: Valparaiso fires football coach after 3-40 record. The Sporting News. November 10, 2013. Dan. Barker. January 4, 2014. January 6, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140106040127/http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2013-11-10/valparaiso-fires-coach-dale-carlson-fired-crusaders-record-butler-football-dayton-mike-gravier. dead.
  24. Web site: 2013-14 Football schedule/results. Valparaiso Crusaders. January 4, 2014.
  25. Web site: New coach Dave Cecchini eager to help Crusaders turn the corner. January 5, 2014. December 11, 2013. Paul. Oren. Northwest Indiana Times.
  26. Web site: Conway Solidifes Staff for 2017 Campaign. North Park University. 6 July 2017 . 17 September 2017.
  27. News: Krajewski . Jim . Gravier had an unusual path to taking over as football coach at Hug . . . March 20, 2019 . September 24, 2019 .

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