Joseph Dale Cravens (born March 9, 1954) is a former American college basketball coach.
In mid-December, Majerus required major heart surgery and Cravens took over as interim head coach of the Utes in the WAC for the remainder of that first season.
[2] After four years in Salt Lake City, Cravens was hired as head coach at Idaho in Moscow in April 1993, succeeding Larry Eustachy,[1][4][5] and led the Vandals on the Palouse for three seasons.
Cravens led the 2003 team to an undefeated (14–0) record in the Big Sky Conference (26–6 overall), but the Wildcats fell to fifth-seed Wisconsin in the NCAA tournament's first round at Spokane.
They defeated Milford 29–23 in the opening round, Manila 51–23 in the quarterfinals, Piute 63–41 in the semifinals, and heavily favored and defending 1-A champion Rich 45–34 in the finals.