Mike Gravier

Mike Gravier (born September 27, 1960)[1] is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at Hug High School in Reno, Nevada, a position he had held since 2019. Gravier served as the head football coach at Malone College—now known as Malone University—in Canton, Ohio, from 1995 to 1998 and at Bluefield College in Bluefield, Virginia, in 2012. He was also the interim head football coach at Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana, for the final game of the 2013 season.

Mike Gravier
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamHug HS (NV)
ConferenceNIAA 4A
Biographical details
Born (1960-09-27) September 27, 1960
Playing career
?Grand Valley State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1988Southeast Missouri State (WR)
1989–1991Michigan Tech (QB/RB/WR)
1992–1994Malone (OC)
1995–1998Malone
2009Concord (TE)
2011–2012Bluefield
2013Valparaiso (interim HC)
2014Eastern Michigan (assistant)
2017–2018North Park (associate HC / OL)
2019–presentHug HS (NV)
Head coaching record
Overall30–24–1 (college)
Tournaments1–1 (NAIA D-II playoffs)
0–1 (NAIA playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3 MSFA Mideast League (1995–1996, 1998)

Gravier played college football at Grand Valley State University. At Malone, he led the Malone Pioneers football to significant victories early in the history of the program and an NAIA Division II playoff appearance in the program's third year.[2][3]

Coaching career

Malone

Gravier was the second head football coach at Malone College—now known as Malone University—in Canton, Ohio, serving for four seasons, from 1995 to 1998, and compiling a record of His career coaching record at Malone was 30–12–1.[4][5][6] This ranks him first at Malone in total wins and first at Malone in winning percentage.[7]

Gravier's success at Malone is supported by his first-year record of 10 wins, 1 loss, and 1 tie[8] and included a victory over rival Geneva College.[9] The sole loss came in the quarterfinal playoffs for the NAIA national championships.[10] His team also reached the national championship hunt during his last season at Malone, losing to Georgetown College.[11] Three of the four years he coached at Malone, his team was either league champion or co-champion.[12] In spite of his success on the field, he was asked to resign by the administration a week before the season opening game of 1999[13] after allegations surfaced that he struck a student athlete during a practice session.[14]

Assistant coaching

Prior to coaching at Malone, he was an assistant coach for the Michigan Tech Huskies[15] and at Southeast Missouri State[16] He also was an assistant at Malone under head coach Joe Palmisano, whom he replaced to be the head coach.[17][18] He also worked as the tight ends coach at Concord University in Athens, West Virginia.[19]

Bluefield College

Gravier was the head coach for the Bluefield College Rams in Bluefield, Virginia. The program participated in non-sanctioned "club play" for the 2011 season and joined the NAIA's Mid-South Conference beginning in the 2012 football season.[20]

In their first season since 1941, the Bluefield Rams finished without a single win. Their record was 0–11 overall, recording 0–6 in conference play.[21] In April 2013 during spring drills, he was fired by the school.[22]

Valparaiso

Gravier became an assistant coach of the Valparaiso Crusaders for the 2013 season. When the head coach was fired with one game to go in the season, he was promoted to interim head coach for the final game.[23] Valparaiso lost their final game that season.[24]

At the end of the season, Dave Cecchini was hired as a full-time replacement[25] and Gravier was fired shortly thereafter.

Subsequent coaching jobs

During the 2014 season, Gravier served as an assistant coach at Eastern Michigan. After leaving the Eagles, he was out of college football. In 2017, he became the offensive line coach and associate coach at North Park [26] In 2019, Gravier was hired as the head football coach at Hug High School in Reno, Nevada.[27]

Head coaching record

College
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs NAIA Coaches' Poll#
Malone Pioneers (Mid-States Football Association) (1995–1998)
1995 Malone 10–1–13–0–11st (MEL)L NAIA Division II Quarterfinal
1996 Malone 8–25–1T–1st (MEL)
1997 Malone 5–53–34th (MEL)
1998 Malone 7–45–11st (MEL)L NAIA First Round
Malone: 30–12–116–5–1
Bluefield Rams (Mid-South Conference) (2012)
2012 Bluefield 0–110–66th
Bluefield: 0–110–6
Valparaiso Crusaders (Pioneer Football League) (2013)
2013 Valparaiso 0–1[n 1]0–1[n 1]T–9th[n 1]
Valpraiso: 0–10–1
Total:30–24–1
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

Notes
  1. Dale Carlson served as Valparaiso's head coach for the first 10 games of the 2013 season before he was fired. Gravier was promoted to interim head coach for the final game. Valparaiso finished 1–10 overall and 1–7 in Pioneer Football League play, tying for ninth place.

References
  1. "No Better Gift For Gravier 0-2 Pioneers regroup to shut out Trinity – on coach's 37th birthday". Akron Beacon-Journal. September 28, 1997.
  2. Perrotto, John (October 27, 1995). "Geneva-Malone a Showdown of NAIA Div II Powerhouses". Beaver Country Times.
  3. Perrotto, John (November 15, 1995). "Malone Expected Geneva Rematch". Beaver Country Times.
  4. "Puma Football to Host Malone in Homecoming Game". Saint Joseph's College. Archived from the original on September 1, 2006. Retrieved October 14, 2008.
  5. "Transactions". Kansas City Star. January 14, 1995. p. D6.
  6. "2007-2008 Mid-States Football Association Press Guide" (PDF). Mid-States Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 11, 2008. Retrieved October 14, 2008.
  7. DeLassus, David. "Malone Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011.
  8. "Records and archives". Mid-States Football Association. Archived from the original on September 16, 2008. Retrieved October 24, 2008.
  9. Robertson, Scott (November 18, 1995). "Malone beats Geneva on last-play field goal". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  10. DeLassus, David. "Malone College 1995 Football Results". College Football Data Warehouse.
  11. DeLassus, David. "Malone College 1998 Football Results". College Football Data Warehouse.
  12. DeLassus, David. "Mike Gravier Results by Year". College Football Data Warehouse.
  13. Call, Andy (September 29, 1999). "Malone's long list of injured includes its starting QB". Canton Repository.
  14. "Walsh's win is big news, in small way". Akron Beacon Journal. October 3, 1999.
  15. "Football media guide" (PDF). Michigan Tech Huskies. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2011.
  16. "NCAA Record" (PDF). The NCAA News. April 5, 1989.
  17. "Transactions". Baltimore Sun.
  18. "Gravier New Malone Coach". Akron Beacon-Journal. January 14, 1995.
  19. "2009 Football Coaching Staff". Concord University. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011.
  20. White, Jim (July 24, 2010). "Bluefield College names football coach". Religious Herald. Archived from the original on October 3, 2011. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
  21. "Bluefield College (2012 season results)". DakTronics 3000. Daktronics, Inc. November 11, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
  22. Redd, Bob (April 27, 2013). "Gravier out at Bluefield College". Bluefield Daily Telegraph. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
  23. Barker, Dan (November 10, 2013). "Valparaiso fires football coach after 3-40 record". The Sporting News. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
  24. "2013-14 Football schedule/results". Valparaiso Crusaders. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
  25. Oren, Paul (December 11, 2013). "New coach Dave Cecchini eager to help Crusaders turn the corner". Northwest Indiana Times. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
  26. "Conway Solidifes Staff for 2017 Campaign". North Park University. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  27. Krajewski, Jim (March 20, 2019). "Gravier had an unusual path to taking over as football coach at Hug". Reno Gazette Journal. Reno, Nevada. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
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