 In mid-December, Majerus required major heart surgery and Cravens took over as interim head coach of the Utes in the WAC for the remainder of that 

After four years in Salt Lake City, Cravens was hired as head coach at Idaho in Moscow in April 1993, succeeding and led the Vandals on the Palouse for three After Idaho, he coached in Switzerland that summer, then was an assistant at UC Irvine for and for two more back in the state of Utah at Weber State in Ogden under Ron Abegglen.Promoted to head coach in March he compiled a record in seven seasons.Cravens led the 2003 team to an undefeated record in the Big Sky Conference (26–6 overall), but the Wildcats fell to fifth-seed Wisconsin in the NCAA tournament's first round 

Cravens is a college basketball analyst on the MountainWest Sports Network; he formerly coached girls' basketball at in Ogden.