Tom Craft
| Date of birth: | November 11, 1953 |
| Career information | |
|---|---|
| Position(s): | Head Coach |
| Organizations | |
| As coach: | |
| 1977-1982 1983-2000 2001-2005 2006-2010 2010- |
Palomar College (assistant} Palomar College (head coach) San Diego State University (head coach) Mount San Antonio College (associate head coach) Riverside Community College (head coach) |
Tom Craft (born November 12, 1953) Craft is presently the head football coach at Riverside Community College in Riverside, CA, and was previously the head football coach at San Diego State University (SDSU) from 2001-2005 and at Palomar College in San Marcos, CA from 1983-2000. Craft was also previously the associate head coach and offensive coordinator at Mount San Antonio College in Walnut, CA.
Under his tenure, SDSU developed a reputation of playing the tough teams well. In 2004, SDSU lost to Michigan 24-21, and in 2005, where it pushed Ohio State at home, and lost 24-21 to Texas Christian University. He left SDSU after the end of the 2005 season, and replaced by Chuck Long.
Craft is a graduate of Pacific Grove High School, in Pacific Grove, California, and thereafter played quarterback at SDSU.
Craft is considered by many to be the greatest Junior College football coach for building a quarterback dynasty at this level. As head coach at Palomar College, Craft's stint can only be referred to as an "era." After serving as an assistant coach at the school from 1977 to 1982 and with the school openly questioning its commitment to football, he took over head coaching duties in 1983. After a pair of 4-6 seasons, the Comets' fortunes began to improve. By the time Craft left the San Marcos school for the Aztec coordinator's job, Palomar was coming off a three-year stretch of 31-2, had an offense ranked among the nation's top five for five consecutive years and was sporting two national championships. Craft compiled an overall record of 115-56 and three national Junior College football championships at Palomar.
While at Palomar, Craft taught and coached 7 All-American Quarterbacks, which include: Duffy Daughtery, Scott Barrick, Brett Salisbury, Andy Loveland, Tom Luginbill, Greg Cicero, and Andy Goodenough. No other Junior College coach in history has produced so many All-Americans.
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