St John’s School and sports supervisor Mike Craig are parting methods after 6 years, the college introduced Monday.
Craig’s term will certainly upright June 30.
“It has actually been an honor to lead the sports division at Saint John’s University,” Craig stated. “I take pride in what we have actually completed with each other and am positive that the division remains in a solid placement for ongoing success.
“As I bid farewell toSt John’s, I share my thankfulness to our enthusiastic followers and dedicated graduates, whose assistance has actually been the bedrock of our area. I am deeply thankful to the devoted and unbelievable team of managers and trains whose dedication has actually maintained us progressing. Most significantly, I commemorate our exceptional student-athletes, whose effort and spirit have actually been a consistent resource of ideas. Together, we have actually completed wonderful points, and I will certainly constantly treasure our common trip.”
Craig took control of in 2018 after greater than three decades at Duke, where he functioned very closely with Mike Krzyzewski and the Blue Devils basketball program. During his six-year period in New York City,St John’s won 6 Big East champions along with 2 private championship games in fence.
The college’s sports programs additionally returned to Nike in 2019 after being run by Under Armour for 6 years.
Craig’s most significant relocation can be found in the males’s basketball program, where he managed 2 substantial training adjustments. Red Storm tale and Hall of Famer Chris Mullin surrendered as the group’s head instructor in 2019, leading Craig to assign Mike Anderson as his substitute. After Anderson missed out on 4 years in the NCAA Tournament, Craig discharged him complying with the 2022-23 period.
This broke the ice forSt John’s to work with Hall of Famer Rick Pitino, a New York local that followers had actually desired because the 1980s. He was employed right away, and the Red Storm directly missed out on the NCAA Tournament in his very first period.
St John’s stated it will certainly perform a nationwide look for Craig’s substitute, though resources think one name can consist of Fordham sports supervisor Ed Kuhl, that got his MBA fromSt John’s and operated in the sports division there for a number of years.
