Eddie Gran

[USoFlo]

Interesting.

Bruce Feldmanâ€@BFeldmanCBS

Another name that I'm hearing is in the mix for USF job: FSU assistant Eddie Gran.

[GaUSFBull]

Isn't he a recruiting coordinator? Have no idea what his coaching background is like, but I think he comes from the world of Saban like Fisher does.

[USoFlo]

http://www.seminoles.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/gran_eddie00.html

Coaching Background

• Eddie Gran is in his 26th season of collegiate coaching and his third season at Florida State, where he serves as associate head coach, tutoring the running backs and coordinating special teams.

• Under Gran's direction, Florida State boasted the nation's second-best special teams unit in 2011 based on the Football Outsiders Efficiency Ratings. Shawn Powell became FSU's first consensus All-American punter and the school's all-time leader in multiple punting categories as a three-year starter. Powell led the Football Bowl Subdivision with a 47-yard overall average and the Seminoles ranked second nationally in net punting (41.3). Kicker Dustin Hopkins was named one of three finalists for the Lou Groza Award and enters the 2012 season with 326 career

points, having made 63 of 92 FG attempts (.768) and 137 of 141 PATs, including the last 130 in a row. Gran's return game features some of the most electrifying players in Greg Reid. Lamarcus Joyner and Karlos Williams. Reid is one of the nation's most dangerous punt return specialists who heads into his 2012 needing just 312 yards to break Deion Sanders' career mark for punt return yards. While 2011 was a breakout season for his special teams, Gran's running back corps played behind a banged up offensive line bringing down the group's production from the 2010 season. However, Gran still produced one of the top freshman running backs in FSU history as Devonta Freeman ran for 579 yards - the fifth best single season total by an FSU freshmen. Freeman also led the team with eight rushing touchdowns.

• Gran helped develop Florida State's running game into one of the strongest in the ACC in his first season in Tallahassee in 2009. The Seminoles averaged nearly 5.0 yards per carry and ranked third in the league in rushing touchdowns with 27. The Seminoles ranked fourth in the league in scoring as compared to sixth the year before Gran's arrival. In 2010, three Seminole running backs gained more than 400 yards rushing on the ground led by FSU's leading rusher Chris Thompson, who gained 845 yards. It was only the sixth time in FSU history that a trio gained more than 400 yards in a season. FSU ran for more than 200 yards five times as a team including a 298-yard performance against in-state rival Miami which capped off a string of four consecutive 200-yard rushing games - BYU (278), Wake Forest (201), Virginia (256) and Miami (298). FSU ran for 218 yards in the Chick-fil-A bowl win over SEC East Champion South Carolina.

• Gran spent 15 seasons as a running backs coach and special teams coordinator in the SEC, including 10 years at Auburn, followed by a stop at Tennessee before coming to Florida State in 2010.

Gran has a strong record for developing backfield talent. During his 14 seasons as the assistant to Tommy Tuberville at Ole Miss and Auburn, he sent eight running backs to the NFL, including former Tigers Carnell Williams, Ronnie Brown, Rudi Johnson, Brandon Jacobs, Heath Evans and Kenny Irons. They were preceded by former Rebels Deuce McCallister and John Avery.

• Tennessee's Mario Hardesty (1,345 yards) added his name to the lengthy list of 1,000-yard rushers Gran has worked with over the course of his career in `09. Hardesty, who did not fumble on 282 carries from scrimmage in 2009, was a second-round draft pick of the Cleveland Browns in 2010. He was selected one slot after Auburn's Ben Tate (Houston Texans), whom Gran coached in 2008.

• Gran's tenure as a special teams coach included oversight of Auburn kicker John Vaughn, who was the SEC Special Teams Player of the Year in 2006. With his hands-on approach in all facets of special teams play, Gran is widely regarded as one of the most meticulous in tutoring the game's critical "third phase."

• Beyond the playing field, Gran has established himself as one of the nation's top recruiters. He has spent the better part of two decades recruiting Miami and greater South Florida as his primary territory, where he first crossed paths with Jimbo Fisher. The fertile ground has remained his primary recruiting area with the Seminoles and he helped the Seminoles attract the nation's No. 1 recruiting class in 2011. He and fellow assistant coach Lawrence Dawsey were named two of ESPN.com's Top 25 Recruiters of the Year in 2011.

• Gran and his wife, Rosemary, are deeply involved in the community for a cause that has changed their lives and continues to impact others. The Sydney Gran Foundation is a charity designed to support children's hospitals and other families whose children are facing serious illness. Sydney, the third of the Gran's four daughters, was born with the rare disease called Holoprosnecephaly. She passed away just shy of her sixth birthday in 2005. Additional information is available at www.sydneygranfoundation.org.

• Gran's 25 seasons in the college ranks includes stops from coast-to-coast. It began at his alma mater Cal Lutheran, where he played four seasons as a wide receiver. Like fellow FSU staff members Mark Stoops and D.J. Eliot, Gran also served on the staff at the University of Miami.

Gran's Coaching Ledger

Year School Position W-L Postseason 1987 Cal Lutheran WR 4-6 1988 Cal Lutheran WR 2-8 1989 SE Missouri St RB 0-0 1989 East Carolina GA 5-5-1 1990 Miami (Fla.) GA 10-2 Cotton 1991 Miami (Fla.) GA 12-0 Orange 1992 Cincinnati WR 3-8 1993 Cincinnati WR 8-3 1994 Idaho State WR 6-5 1995 Ole Miss RB 6-5 1996 Ole Miss RB 5-6 1997 Ole Miss RB 8-4 Motor City 1998 Ole Miss RB 6-5 Independence 1999 Auburn RB/ST 5-6 2000 Auburn RB/ST 9-4 Citrus 2001 Auburn RB/ST 7-4 Peach 2002 Auburn RB/ST 9-4 Capital One 2003 Auburn RB/ST 8-5 Music City 2004 Auburn RB/ST 13-0 Sugar 2005 Auburn RB/ST 9-3 Capital One 2006 Auburn RB/ST 11-2 Cotton 2007 Auburn RB/ST 9-4 Chick-fil-A 2008 Auburn RB/ST 5-7 2009 Tennessee RB/ST 7-6 Chick-fil-A 2010 Florida State RB/ST 10-4 Chick-fil-A 2011 Florida State RB/ST 9-4 Champs Sports

[Bull Martin]

2010 -Associate Head Coach

2010 -Running Backs Coach

2010 -Special Teams Coordinator

2009 - 2009Special Teams Coordinator

2009 - 2009Running Backs Coach

1999 - 2004Running Backs Coach

1999 - 2004Special Teams Coordinator

1995 - 1998Running Backs Coach

1994 - 1994Wide Receivers Coach

1992 - 1993Wide Receivers Coach

1989 - 1989Running Backs Coach (Some 1AA school)

1987 - 1988Wide Receivers Coach (some other 1AA School)

[inTransit]

As long as we pass on Coach Dooshwater

[GaUSFBull]

I'm a little concerned about hiring someone who hasn't been a offensive or defensive coordinator ...

[Grothe4Heisman]

Much more risky than Wille T, IMO

[TallyBull]

Just a name someone's floating out there... not a good option IMHO.

[Hem]

Much more risky than Wille T, IMO

+1

[BullFan98]

I don't know I like this guy. Think he can fix a lot of our problems. Haven't heard his name before this post.