After a 10-year run that produced two NCAA Division III tourney appearances, Craig Douma has announced that he will resign as Central College men’s basketball coach following the season. 

Douma is a 1994 graduate of Northwestern College, where he was a two-time NAIA All-America player. He’s the third-leading scorer in school history with 2,276 points and is a member of the Red Raider Hall of Fame. Also a Maurice-Orange City High School standout, he was inducted into the Iowa High School Athletic Association Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009. Douma piloted the Dutch to the 2013-14 Iowa Conference title and was named the conference coach of the year. His squads won league tournament crowns in 2014 and 2016 and advanced to the conference tourney title game four times. During his tenure Central players received all-conference honors 17 times.

Prior to joining the Central staff in 2012, Douma posted a 268-78 record over 15 seasons as a high school coach, with eight conference titles.

Central is launching an immediate search for a successor. Central currently sits at 115-128 during Douma’s tenure with two games remaining this season. The Dutch are 6-16 overall and 3-11 in American Rivers Conference play this year. The Dutch close out the season on their home-court against Buena Vista University at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Simpson College at 4 p.m. Saturday.