Midland College announces new head basketball coach

Chris Craig, Head Coach,
MC Chaparral Men's Basketball

Chris Craig was introduced as MC’s new men's basketball head coach at the Midland College Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday, June 21, at 4:00 p.m. in the Gibson Board Room of the Pevehouse Administration Building on the MC Campus.

Craig has served as the assistant coach/recruiting coordinator for the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, CO, from 2010-2011.  Prior to that, he served as assistant coach and later head coach for the College of Eastern Utah in Price, UT.  During Craig’s coaching tenure, he led Eastern Utah to a Region 18 title and third place in the NJCAA Tournament in Hutchinson Kansas. He also signed 12 eventual Division I recruits at Eastern Utah. This past year, he helped Northern Colorado reach a Big Sky title and an NCAA Tournament berth.

Craig played basketball for Arizona Western College from 1999-2002 during their back-to-back ACCAC championships.  From 2002-2004, he played on the University of Texas at El Paso WAC championship team for current Texas Tech Coach Billy Gillespie.  He holds a national cup championship with the Tralee Tigers in Ireland’s top professional league and the Licomeba Championship with the Chihuahua Dorados in Mexico’s professional league.

Craig states, “I was already fairly familiar with Midland College, but the more I found out about MC and its basketball program, the more I knew that it was somewhere I could see myself and my family for a long time.  I am honored and excited to lead the Chaps basketball team.”

The Chaps hold an all-time program record of 886-295 (.750).