Craig Gerdes

• School Eureka College

Craig Gerdes is a college coach.

Gerdes was a basketball star at Eureka College, scoring 1,150 points and setting a school record with 859 rebounds (the mark stood from 1971-1994). He was a coach (baseball, basketball and track) and English teacher at Eureka Middle School from 1971-2006. He coached Ben Zobrist in middle school. In December 2009, Gerdes was hired as Eureka College's head coach, having been an assistant from 2005-2007.

Source: Eureka bio