Tim Craft
Tim Craft (born February 3, 1977)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Western Carolina Catamounts
Current conference: Southern Conference (SoCon)
Gardner-Webb record: 188-166 (.531)
Western Carolina record: 0-0 (.000)
Overall record: 188-166 (.531)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2019)
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2015)
- SoCon Regular Season Champion: 0
- SoCon Tournament Champion: 0
- Big South Tournament Champion: 1 (2019)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2024-present | Western Carolina |
| 2013-2024 | Gardner-Webb |
| 2010-2013 | East Carolina (asst) |
| 2008-2010 | Auburn (asst) |
| 2007-2008 | Auburn (DBO) |
| 2004-2007 | Gardner-Webb (asst) |
| 2002-2004 | Pensacola JC (asst) |
Tim Craft Facts
- Tim Craft
- Born February 3, 1977
- Hometown: Tallahassee, Florida
- Alma Mater: University of Florida (BA, 2000)
- Started his coaching career as an assistant coach at Robert F. Munroe School in Quincy, FL
- Elevated to head coach there for the 2001-02 season
- Moved up to the college ranks in 2002 as an assistant at Pensacola JC before joining Rick Scruggs’ staff at Gardner-Webb
- Coached future NBA champion Joel Anthony while at Pensacola JC
- After three years, Craft spent the 2007-08 seasons as DBO at Auburn under head coach Jeff Lebo
- Spent the next two seasons a full-time assistant at Auburn
- Followed Lebo to East Carolina in 2010, working as one of his assistants there for three seasons
- Hired in July 2013 to return to Gardner-Webb as the Bulldogs’ new head coach; went 188-166 over eleven seasons at the helm
- Led the team to a CBI appearance in his second season (2015)
- Won the 2019 Big South Tournament as the 4-seed to earn the program’s first ever NCAA Tournament berth
- Left in March 2024 to become the new head coach at Western Carolina in the SoCon
Tim Craft Coaching Tree
- Jeremy Luther (Gardner-Webb)
- Takayo Siddle (UNC Wilmington)