While at Tennessee, he guided Montario Hardesty to a 1,000-yard season. He helped develop dynamic running backs at nearly every coaching stop during his decorated career, including former Auburn stars Carnell Williams, Ronnie Brown, Rudi Johnson, Ben Tate, Brandon Jacobs, Heath Evans and Kenny Irons, and Ole Miss greats Deuce McAllister and John Avery. 5 on UK’s career list.īefore coming to Kentucky in 2016, Gran had coaching stops at Cincinnati, Miami (Fla.), Ole Miss, Auburn, Tennessee and Florida State. Bowden became just the 10th player in school history to reach 4,000 all-purpose yards in a career, finishing with 4,660 career all-purpose yards for No. Bowden won the Paul Hornung Award for the nation’s most versatile player and was a first-team All-American and All-SEC selection. The Cats set new single-season records in rushing yards (3,624), rushing TDs (36) and yards per rushing attempt (6.32). And despite losing his top three quarterbacks to injury in 2019, Gran did a remarkable job of revamping the offense with Lynn Bowden Jr., a receiver-turned-quarterback. In 2016-18, UK had more than 2,000 rushing yards and 2,000 passing yards, the first time in school history that was accomplished in three consecutive seasons. Gran served as the Wildcats’ assistant head coach of the offense, offensive coordinator and running backs coach from 2016-2020.
(WYMT) - University of Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops has announced that Eddie Gran, former UK assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and running backs coach, will return to the program as a special assistant to the head coach, an off-the-field role. Eddie Gran, Mark Stoops, Greg Hudson, Dameyune Craig and D.J. On September 17, 2021, Gran was re–hired by Kentucky as a special assistant to the head coach.LEXINGTON, Ky. 16 in the USA Today Coaches Poll, Fisher led his team to the 2010. On December 6, 2020, Gran was fired from his post at Kentucky. Kentucky finished with an 8–5 record and a bowl win against Virginia Tech.
He would also win the Paul Hornung Award, an award given to the most versatile player in college football each year. Bowden finished the season as the team leader in rushing yards (1,468), receiving yards (348), passing yards (403), and total touchdowns (17). In 2019, both of his quarterbacks were injured very early into the year, so he experimented with putting wide receiver Lynn Bowden at quarterback. Snell would break the Kentucky career rushing yards record in the 2019 Citrus Bowl against Penn State. The offense was led by running back Benny Snell, who rushed for 1,449 yards and 16 touchdowns. In 2018, the team went 10-3 and beat Florida for the first time 1986. In 2016, he left Cincinnati to rejoin the SEC at Kentucky. In 2013, he left to join Cincinnati and reunite with former Auburn boss Tommy Tuberville as their offensive coordinator.
While he was there, he coached future NFL 1st-round picks Christian Ponder, EJ Manuel, and Kelvin Benjamin along with future Atlanta Falcons running back Devonta Freeman. In 2010, he got his first offensive coordinating opportunity at Florida State. With Auburn, he coached first round picks Ronnie Brown and Carnell Williams. From 1995 to 2009, he was the special teams coordinator for Ole Miss from ‘95-‘98, Auburn from ‘99-‘08, and Tennessee in 2009. In 1992, he was hired as the WR coach at Cincinnati and was hired at Idaho State for the same position in 1994. He was a graduate assistant for three teams after that, including Miami (FL). Gran started his coaching career at his alma mater, Cal Lutheran as their wide receivers coach. He has been a running backs coach since 1995 and has previously coached at schools like Ole Miss, Tennessee, Auburn, and Florida State. Before that, he was the offensive coordinator and running backs coach at Kentucky. Eddie Earl Gran (born July 21, 1965) is an American football coach who is currently the special assistant to the head coach at Kentucky.
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