Craig is married with three children and lives near Sprucefield in Lisburn. Born in 1966 Craig was schooled at Methodist College Belfast, where he showed an aptitude for sport from an early age. Craig played rugby, swam and shot clay pigeons competitively. He obtained a 2.1 honours Optometry degree from Glasgow Caledonian University in 1988 and following periods of work in Newport in South Wales, Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) in Belfast and Douglas in the Isle of Man. Craig travelled extensively in Asia and the Pacific and worked in Optometric practice in Brisbane, Australia.

Upon returning to Northern Ireland in 1994, he opened two optical practices in Co. Down, firstly in Ballynahinch and then Saintfield. He played rugby for Collegians and then Belfast Harlequins and has recently retired from playing but is involved in the Junior coaching set up at the Deramore Park club. Craig coached youth rugby at Belfast Harlequins RFC for several years and also coached the senior sides at the club. Craig now spends his spare time watching his children play hockey and enjoys target and rough shooting.

The combination of Optometry and sport is a natural one, and since hanging up the rugby boots, he has developed some unique visual training programs of his own. The development of the Diploma in Sports Vision Practice was an obvious course, and Craig was among the first to obtain the new qualification in April 2006.

He has worked in the past with the Ulster Rugby team and with GAA athletes at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster. His training plans involve both pitch based programs and gym-based visual training patterns.

In his free time, he enjoys good food, wine, foreign travel and natural history.