Alex Grinch

Alexander Gregory Grinch (born 1980) is an American football coach who currently serves as the defensive coordinator and safeties coach at the University of Oklahoma.

Alex Grinch
Current position
TitleDefensive coordinator/Safeties
TeamOklahoma
ConferenceBig 12
Annual salary$1.4 million
Biographical details
Born1980 (age 40–41)
Grove City, Ohio
Playing career
1998–2001Mount Union
Position(s)Strong safety[1]
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2002–2004Missouri (GA)[2]
2005–2006New Hampshire (CB)
2007–2008New Hampshire (DB/RC)
2009–2011Wyoming (DB)
2012–2014Missouri (S)[3]
2015–2017Washington State (DC/DB)
2018Ohio State (co-DC/S)
2019–presentOklahoma (DC/S)

Playing career

Grinch played defensive back at Mount Union College from 1998 to 2001.[4] During that time, Mount Union amassed a record of 54-1 and won three NCAA Division III Football Championships. Grinch graduated from Mount Union in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in sport management.[5]

Coaching career

Missouri

From 2002 to 2004, Grinch was a graduate assistant under Gary Pinkel at the University of Missouri, and he completed his master's degree in educational leadership and policy analysis at Missouri in 2004.[5]

New Hampshire

Grinch's first regular assistant coaching job was at Division I-AA New Hampshire under Sean McDonnell. In 2005 and 2006, Grinch was the cornerbacks coach.[5] After a promotion, Grinch became the recruiting coordinator and coached the entire defensive secondary in 2007 and 2008.[6]

Wyoming

Grinch spent three seasons at Wyoming as the recruiting coordinator and coaching the secondary.[6]

Missouri (Second Stint)

Again working under Pinkel, Grinch coached the safeties at Missouri from 2012 to 2014.[7]

Washington State

From 2015 to 2017, Grinch was the defensive coordinator and secondary coach at Washington State under Mike Leach.[7]

Ohio State

In January 2018, Grinch joined Urban Meyer's staff at Ohio State as co-defensive coordinator.

Oklahoma

In January 2019, Grinch joined Lincoln Riley's staff at Oklahoma as defensive coordinator.

Personal life

Grinch grew up in Grove City, Ohio and graduated from Grove City High School.[8] In 2003, he married Rebecca Blaser. They have two children.[7] He is the nephew of longtime Missouri head coach Gary Pinkel, under whom Grinch worked as a graduate assistant and safeties coach.[8]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 15, 2002. Retrieved January 15, 2002.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/wsu-cougar-football/first-time-defensive-coordinator-alex-grinch-seeking-higher-standard-from-wsu/
  3. Sandritter, Mark (January 14, 2015). "Everything we know about WSU's new DC Alex Grinch". CougCenter.
  4. "Alex Grinch Joins Ohio State Coaching Staff". Ohio State Buckeyes. January 8, 2018.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 6, 2006. Retrieved August 6, 2006.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "WYOMING OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - Football". March 23, 2009. Archived from the original on March 23, 2009.
  7. "Alex Grinch". OhioStateBuckeyes.com. Ohio State University. Archived from the original on December 14, 2018. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  8. Rabinowitz, Bill (January 13, 2018). "Alex Grinch makes presence felt as defensive coach". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved December 14, 2018.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.