Gravelle Craig

Gravelle Craig (born June 10, 1970) is a college basketball coach, last serving as an assistant at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida. 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 and former associate coach for Bethune-Cookman.

Gravelle Craig
Biographical details
Born (1970-06-10) June 10, 1970
Playing career
1991–1994Cleveland State
Position(s)Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2001–2003Morris Brown College (asst.)
2003–2004Chicago State (asst.)
2004–2011Bethune-Cookman (asst./assoc. HC)
2011–2017Bethune Cookman
2018–2019Stetson (assistant)
2019–presentSPIRE Institute (Prep/Postgraduate HC)
Head coaching record
Overall74–123 (.376)

Head coaching career

The Bethune-Cookman Wildcats won four out of their first fifteen games, a 4–11 start. Bethune-Cookman's strong showing in the next twenty games gave Craig an 18–17 mark for his first season. This would be the fourth consecutive winning season for the Wildcats. Craig was fired on March 20, 2017 after six seasons and a record of 74–123.[1]

Associate coach

Craig started serving as assistant coach 2004, serving most recently as an associate head coach 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]

Personal life

Craig is a graduate of Cleveland State University. He currently resides in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Bethune–Cookman Wildcats (MEAC) (2011–2017)
2011–12 Bethune–Cookman 18–1711–54th
2012–13 Bethune–Cookman 14–207–98th
2013–14 Bethune–Cookman 7–255–118th
2014–15 Bethune–Cookman 11–217–9T–7th
2015–16 Bethune–Cookman 14–1810–64th
2016–17 Bethune–Cookman 10–226–1010th
Bethune-Cookman: 74–123 (.376)46–51 (.474)
Total:74–123 (.376)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References
  1. "BCU Men's Basketball Makes Coaching Change". Bethune–Cookman Athletics. March 20, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  2. "Gravelle Craig". B-CU. Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2013-06-04.
  3. "Gravelle Craig Joins Men's Basketball Staff - Stetson University". Stetson University. Retrieved 2018-11-04.
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