Craig Harmon - Football Coach - Ball State University Athletics

Craig Harmon

Title:
Offensive Pass Game Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach
Phone:
765-285-8251
Email:
football@bsu.edu
Alma Mater:
Quincy University '02
Years at Ball State:
1st season in 2025
Years Coaching:
24th season in 2025

Craig Harmon was named offensive pass game coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Ball State in December 2024. He joins the Cardinals staff where he is re-united with Mike Uremovich after stints together at Northern Illinois, Temple and St. Francis.

Harmon spent the past four years at Chicago-area high schools, where he helped Batavia High School and Benet Academy to playoff appearances in three of those four seasons. As an admissions counselor and offensive coordinator at Benet, Harmon led the Redwings to numerous offensive records over two seasons and reached the IHSA 5A state playoffs in 2024 for the first time since 2019. Following his time at Temple, he assisted West Chicago powerhouse Batavia to a No. 1 seed in the playoffs in 2021. A year later the Bulldogs reached the IHSA state final.

Harmon was quarterbacks coach for two years at Temple, arriving with Uremovich in 2019 following their time together under coach Rod Carey at Northern Illinois, too.

He had a variety of positions on Carey’s staff at NIU, but was the quarterbacks coach from 2016-18. Under Uremovich as offensive coordinator, the 2018 Huskies amassed 2,175 passing yards and 15 touchdowns with six different receivers catching TDs. The 2016 Huskies employed four different QB starters, yet embraced the “next man up” philosophy while combining to complete 58 percent of their passes for 2,688 yards and 20 touchdowns.

Harmon was the tight ends/fullbacks/special teams coordinator in 2015 and was the tight ends and fullbacks coach in 2014. In 2015, NIU special teams units excelled under Harmon as kickoff returner Aregeros Turner was named the MAC Special Teams Player of the Year and kicker Christian Hagan garnered first-team All-MAC honors.

Harmon’s players helped the Huskies' offense excel in both the rushing and passing games with Shane Wimann developing into one of the most productive tight ends in school history. In 2014, NIU finished with more than 6,000 yards of total offense and won 11 games along with the Mid-American Conference championship. Harmon and the Huskies were a part of bowl games in four of his five seasons: 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018.

Harmon spent the 2013 season as tight ends coach at Division III power Wisconsin-Whitewater, which posted a 15-0 record and won the national title. Prior to 2013, he was the tight ends and assistant offensive line coach at Georgia State University in Atlanta from 2010-12, working for head coach Bill Curry to help start the GSU program.

Harmon was offensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator for four seasons (2006-09) under Uremovich, then the head coach at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, Illinois. Harmon’s first stint at NIU was as a graduate assistant in 2004 and 2005 where he worked with the offense.

As a player, Harmon walked on to the team and played quarterback for NIU from 1998-00. He redshirted the 1999 campaign but returned to play as a back-up quarterback in 2000 before transferring to Quincy University, where he completed his playing career and earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education.

After graduating from Quincy in 2002, Harmon began his coaching career as a graduate assistant coach at his alma mater. He received his master’s degree from Quincy University the following year.

He played his prep football at Alton High School in Alton, Illinois. He has a wife, Megan and they have a son, Cooper, and three daughters, Morgan, Madison, and Mia.