Jeff Grimes was born on September 23,1968 and is an American football coach who is currently the offensive coordinator at Baylor University.
20 Facts About Jeff Grimes
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Jeff Grimes was previously the offensive coordinator at Brigham Young University from 2017 to 2020, Louisiana State University's offensive line coach and run game coordinator from 2014 to 2017, and the offensive line coach at both Virginia Tech in 2013 and Auburn University from 2009 to 2012.
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Jeff Grimes was coached by Marty Mornhinweg, Dave Toub, Andy Reid, and Dirk Koetter.
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Jeff Grimes was not drafted into the National Football League, but had a brief professional career, participating in training camp with both the Los Angeles Raiders and the World League of American Football's San Antonio Riders.
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Jeff Grimes began coaching in 1993 as a high school coach at Riverside High School in El Paso, Texas.
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In 2000, Jeff Grimes was hired as the offensive line coach at BSU under his former college football coach, Koetter.
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In 2001, when Koetter was hired as the head coach at ASU, Jeff Grimes followed him to serve as the offensive line coach and run game coordinator.
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Jeff Grimes had great success at ASU, with four of the 2001 seniors drafted into the NFL.
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Jeff Grimes helped orchestrate a solid rushing attack, tutoring Loren Wade to break the ASU freshman rushing record while leading the Pac-10 in yards per carry.
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In 2004, Jeff Grimes was hired as the offensive line coach at BYU, under head coach Gary Crowton.
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In February 2007, Jeff Grimes was hired as the assistant head coach, offensive line coach and run game coordinator at the University of Colorado, under head coach Hawkins.
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In January 2009, Jeff Grimes was hired by new head coach Gene Chizik to coach the offensive line at Auburn.
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On January 18,2013, Jeff Grimes was hired as the offensive line coach at Virginia Tech under head coach Frank Beamer.
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Jeff Grimes was hired alongside offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Scot Loeffler and wide receivers coach Aaron Moorehead.
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In 2014, following Virginia Tech's 2013 bowl game, Jeff Grimes was named the offensive line coach at LSU, under head coach Les Miles, replacing Greg Studrawa.
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In December 2017, Jeff Grimes was named the offensive coordinator at BYU, under head coach Kalani Sitake, replacing Ty Detmer.
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That season, Jeff Grimes' offense ranked 3rd nationally in scoring offense and was the leader in yards per play.
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On January 4,2021, Jeff Grimes was named the offensive coordinator at Baylor under head coach Dave Aranda, replacing Larry Fedora.
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Jeff Grimes has coached in seven bowl games: the 2000 Aloha Bowl, 2002 Holiday Bowl, 2005 Las Vegas Bowl, 2006 Las Vegas Bowl, 2007 Independence Bowl, 2010 Outback Bowl, 2011 BCS National Championship Game and the 2011 Chick-fil-A Bowl.
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Jeff Grimes is married to Sheri Hermesmeyer-Jeff Grimes, a former Aggies volleyball player, and they are the parents of four children.