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The Basketball Podcast

Craig Doty on Adapting to Change (EP366)

The Basketball Podcast

Chris Oliver

Sports, Basketball

4.3525 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In this week's basketball coaching conversation, Houston Christian University head coach Craig Doty joins the Basketball Podcast to share insights on adapting to change.

Doty arrived at Houston Christian University as a three-time national champion head coach and three-time national coach of the year, with 12 years of head college coaching experience and a 259-126 career record which includes a 31-10 mark in postseason play.

Doty spent six seasons as head men’s basketball coach at Emporia State University in Kansas. Known as a program-builder, Doty improved the Emporia State program from an inherited 9-19 record (4-15 MIAA) to a 23-9 record (15-7 MIAA) in 2022-23. In each of his final three seasons at ESU, Doty’s teams appeared in the NABC Division II national polls while being ranked in the top 25 for six weeks in 2022-23 and as high as #15 in 2023-24.

Prior to his arrival in Emporia, Doty led Graceland University to national prominence. In just two seasons at Graceland, Doty’s program had a 49-22 record and won the 2018 NAIA Division I National Championship in the school's first trip to the national tournament. Along the way Doty earned NAIA National Coach of the Year and the 2018 Don Meyer Award. Upon winning the 2018 national championship, Doty had led his teams to the National Championship game four out of the previous five seasons.

Doty began his head coaching career as the head men's basketball coach at Rock Valley College. In his four years he built a national powerhouse. When Doty took over the program in 2012, Rock Valley was ranked last in Region IV preseason poll. Over the next four years, Doty would lead the Golden Eagles to four consecutive national tournaments including three straight national title games. Rock Valley was crowned National Champions in 2014 and in 2016, the first and second national championships in the 50-year program history.

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Awesome and welcome Houston Christian University of head coach Craig Doty to the basketball podcast.

0:05.2

Doty arrived at Houston Christian as a three-time national champion head coach and three-time national coach of the year with 12 years of head college coaching experience and a 259-12 career record, which includes a 31 and 10 mark in the postseason.

0:20.5

Doty spent six seasons as a head men's basketball coach at Imperial State University in Kansas.

0:25.4

Known as a program builder, Doty improved the Improarra State program from an inherited 919 record

0:30.7

who had 23 and 9 record in 2022-23.

0:35.0

In each of his final three seasons at ESU, Doty's teams appeared in the NABC Division

0:41.1

2 National Bulls. Prior to his arrival at Emporia, Doty led Graceland University to National

0:47.4

Prominence. In just two seasons of Graceland, Doty's program had a 4922 record and won the 2018

0:53.5

NAA Division I National Championship.

0:57.1

Doty began his head coaching careers that had men's basketball coach at Rock Valley College.

1:01.1

In his four years, he built a national powerhouse.

1:04.0

Rock Valley was crowned national champions in 2014 and 2016.

1:31.3

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1:34.5

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1:55.5

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2:00.6

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