Craig Binkley joined Wittenberg's track & field and cross country coaching staff in August 2014. He came to Wittenberg after one year as the cross country head coach at the University of Antelope Valley in Lancaster, Calif.

Before becoming the first-ever cross country coach at Antelope Valley, Binkley was the head cross country and track & field coach at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah, from 2009-12. He started the track & field program at Westminster, and he guided the first individual to All-America honors in program history. In cross country, Binkley led both the men's and women's teams to their best-ever performances in the Frontier Conference.

Binkley served two stints as an assistant cross country and track & field coach at his alma mater, Augustana College (SD). From 2003-05 and 2008-09, Binkley was involved in all facets of both programs, and he helped the 2004 men's cross country team to a 21st-place finish in the NCAA Division II Championships. In addition, one of the women's team runners earned All-America honors.

From 2006-08, Binkley was the assistant cross country and track & field coach at Nicholls State University. He helped guide the women's cross country program to its best finish ever in the Southland Conference, and he coached women's middle distance and distance runners to a school-record performance in the 1,500 meters. Binkley also spent one year at Colorado State-Pueblo.

A native of Erie, Colo., Binkley earned his bachelor's degree from Augustana in 2000 and his master's degree from Emporia State in 2003. He served as a graduate assistant cross country and track & field coach at Emporia State, helping the women's team to back-to-back league championships and coaching an individual to the individual title in the women's 3000-meter steeplechase.