Former NFL player Larry Grant was named UNLV's Defensive Anaylst on April 8, 2021.
Grant comes to UNLV after three years on the staff at his alma mater, City College of San Francisco. He most recently served as linebackers coach and special teams coordinator after working primarily with running backs in his first season with the Rams. In 2018 he served the Nunn-Wooten Scouting Fellowship with the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers. He began his coaching career in 2017 as head coach of Paso Robles High School.
"We are excited to welcome Coach Grant and his family to Las Vegas,” said Arroyo. “After being under-recruited out of high school, he displayed the total commitment we seek from our players, as he worked tirelessly to become the junior college player of the year and eventually play in a Super Bowl. He emulates the mentality and perseverance we strive to identify in our players and recruits. Coach Grant brings familiarity with our defensive scheme and philosophy as he played under our defensive coordinator, Peter Hansen. He will also serve as an important role model and resource for our players with NFL aspirations."
A Bay Area native, Grant was named junior college national defensive player of the year while playing linebacker for CCSF. He set a NJCAA career record with 12 blocked kicks and was named a first team All-American as a sophomore. After transferring to Ohio State, Grant had the unusual honor of playing in four consecutive national championship games – two at CCSF and two at Ohio State. A seventh round draft choice by the hometown 49ers in 2008, he went on to appear in 68 NFL games from 2008-13 with San Francisco, the St. Louis Rams and Chicago Bears.
Grant earned his bachelor’s degree in African American studies from Ohio State in 2010. He is the father of three: Isaiah (14), Little Larry (11) and Lillian Grant (5)..
