Jeff Grimes was born on September 23,1968 and is an American football coach, and the offensive coordinator for the Wisconsin Badgers.
22 Facts About Jeff Grimes
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Jeff Grimes was previously the offensive coordinator at the University of Kansas, Baylor University and Brigham Young University, Louisiana State University's offensive line coach and run game coordinator, and the offensive line coach at both Virginia Tech and Auburn University.
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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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The 2006 BYU linemen Jeff Grimes coached blocked for the nation's fourth best offense, averaging over 465 yards per game including 141.9 on the ground, and were a large part of the Cougars winning the Mountain West Conference championship.
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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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In 2020, Jeff Grimes was a finalist for the Broyles Award, given annually to the best assistant coach in college football.
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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 replaced Andy Kotelnicki, who departed after the season to take the same job at Penn State.
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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.