Craig Doty
Craig Doty (born August 27, 1985)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Houston Christian Huskies
Current conference: Southland Conference
Graceland (IA) record: 48-22 (.686)
Emporia State record: 97-76 (.561)
Houston Christian record: 0-0 (.000)
Overall record^: 145-98 (.597)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- Southland Regular Season Champion: 0
- Heart of America (NAIA) Regular Season Champion: 1 (2018)
- Southland Tournament Champion: 0
- NAIA Division I National Championships: 1 (2018)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 1 (2023)
- NAIA Division I Tournament Appearances: 1 (2018)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2024-present | Houston Christian |
| 2018-2024 | Emporia State |
| 2016-2018 | Graceland |
| 2012-2016 | Rock Valley College |
| 2012 | Sioux Falls (asst) |
| 2011-2012 | Riverland CC (asst) |
| 2010-2011 | Central Wyoming (asst) |
| 2009-2010 | Morningside (vol. asst) |
Craig Doty Facts
- Craig Doty
- Born August 27, 1985
- Hometown: Alcester, South Dakota
- Alma Mater: Morningside College (BA, 2009)
- The SD-native played at NAIA Morningside in Sioux City, Iowa, then got his coaching career started there as a volunteer assistant in 2009
- That was followed by stints as an assistant at Central Wyoming College, Riverland CC (MN) and D-II Sioux Falls (SD)
- Got his first head coaching opportunity in 2012, spending the next four years at the helm at Rock Valley College in Rockford, Illinois
- Went 113-28 overall and won the NCJAA Division III National Championship in both 2014 and 2016
- Was hired in 2016 to be the head coach at NAIA Graceland (IA), where he went 48-22 in two seasons
- After going 20-12 in year one, he led the Yellowjackets to 29 wins and a NAIA National Championship victory in 2018
- Moved on to D-II Emporia State (KS) in 2018, spending the next six seasons as the head coach there
- Went 97-76 there, winning 20+ games on two occasions and going to the D-II NCAA Tournament once (2023)
- Hired in March 2024 to be the new head coach at D-I Houston Christian in the Southland
Craig Doty Coaching Tree
- coming soon
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I, Division II and NAIA levels only
