Biographical details | |
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Born | Beaver, Kansas, U.S. | November 24, 1922
Died | July 27, 2000 Newberg, Oregon, U.S. | (aged 77)
Playing career | |
Football | |
late 1940s | Pacific College |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1949–1954 | Friends |
1955–1956 | Taylor |
1958–1962 | William Penn |
1963–1966 | George Fox |
Basketball | |
1947–1948 | George Fox |
1958–1959 | William Penn |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1958–1963 | William Penn |
1963–1967 | George Fox |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 8–37 (basketball) |
Earl Leonard Craven (November 24, 1922 – July 27, 2000) was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator in the United States. He was president of the NAIA Coaches Association from 1957 through 1959.[1] He also initiated a nationwide appeal to cease marketing efforts of alcoholic beverages at college sports events and campuses.[2]