Tom Craft calls it a career after decades spent on sidelines at Palomar, SDSU, RCC

Tom Craft calls it a career after decades spent on sidelines at Palomar, SDSU, RCC

For the first six years of his head coaching career, Tom Craft arrived at Palomar College’s football practices bleary-eyed and covered in plaster and drywall dust. It was a way to make ends meet. “Before I was hired full-time, Steve White — my offensive line coach — and I were out the door at 5 a.m., met Marv Heintschel at his family’s cafe and drove to Sun City,” said Craft, who has lived in Valley Center for more than three decades. “We hung d…