Eddie Gran

Eddie Earl Gran (born July 21, 1965) is an American football coach. He is currently the offensive coordinator and running backs coach at Kentucky. He has been a running backs coach since 1995 and has previously coached at schools like Ole Miss, Tennessee, Auburn, and Florida State.

Eddie Gran
Current position
TitleOffensive coordinator
TeamKentucky
ConferenceSEC
Biographical details
Born (1965-07-21) July 21, 1965
Escondido, California
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1987–1988Cal Lutheran (WR)
1989Southeast Missouri State (GA)
1989East Carolina (GA)
1990-1991Miami (FL) (GA)
1992-1993Cincinnati (WR)
1994Idaho State (WR)
1995-1998Ole Miss (ST/RB)
1999-2008Auburn (ST/RB)
2009Tennessee (ST/RB)
2010-2012Florida State (AHC/OC/RB)
2013-2015Cincinnati (OC/RB)
2016-presentKentucky (OC/RB)

Coaching career

Gran started his coaching career at Cal Lutheran as their wide receivers coach. He was a graduate assistant for three teams after that, including Miami (FL). In 1992, he was hired as the WR coach at Cincinnati and was hired at Idaho State for the same position in 1994. From 1995–2009, he was the special teams coordinator for Ole Miss from ‘95-‘98, Auburn from ‘99-‘08, and Tennessee in 2009.[1] With Auburn, he coached first round picks Ronnie Brown and Carnell Williams.

In 2010, he got his first offensive coordinating opportunity at Florida State.[2] While he was there, he coached future NFL 1st-round picks Christian Ponder, E.J. Manuel, and Kelvin Benjamin along with future Atlanta Falcons running back Devonta Freeman.

In 2013, he left to join Cincinnati and reunite with former Auburn boss Tommy Tuberville as their offensive coordinator.[3]

In 2016, he left Cincinnati to rejoin the SEC at Kentucky.[4] In 2018, the team went 10-3 and beat Florida for the first time 1986. The offense was led by running back Benny Snell Jr., who rushed for 1,449 yards and 16 touchdowns. In 2019, both of his quarterbacks were injured very early into the year, so he experimented with putting wide receiver Lynn Bowden Jr. at quarterback. The results were an 8–5 record and a bowl win against Virginia Tech.

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References
  1. Goldberg, Charles. "Eddie Gran once coached 'em, now will face Auburn this weekend at Tennessee". AL.com.
  2. Champion, Matthew. "Coach Gran is the Man: Previewing FSU's Jack-Of-All-Trades Coach". Bleacher Report.
  3. "Tuberville Names Eddie Gran Offensive Coordinator". Go Bearcats.
  4. Smith, Jennifer. "UK football hires Cincinnati's Eddie Gran to be assistant head coach of the offense". Kentucky.com.


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