Craig Nelson Yeast (born November 20, 1976) is an American football coach and former player who is the head football coach at Mercer County Senior High School in Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
Yeast played professionally as a wide receiver and kick returner in the National Football League (NFL) with the Cincinnati Bengals and the New York Jets and in the Canadian Football League (CFL) with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Saskatchewan Roughriders.
As a senior, he was a third-team All-American according to College Football News, and was also a consensus All-Southeastern Conference first-team selection and a semi-finalist for the Fred Biletnikoff Award.
[2] As the offensive coordinator in 2009, Yeast was a crucial component for the Marion County High School football team, leading them to their first state semifinal appearance.
Later, after one season as head coach at Bryan Station High School in Lexington, Kentucky, Yeast became wide receiver coach at Tiffin University in Tiffin, Ohio.