Bobby Grier (American football)

Bobby Grier (American football)

NFL PlayerCoach


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DateOfBirth=
Birthplace=Detroit, Michigan
College=Iowa
Position=Associate Director of Pro Scouting
coach=yes
coachingyears=1974-1977

1978-1980

1981

1982-1984

1985-1992

1993-1994

1995-1996

1997-1999


2000-"present"
coachingteams=Eastern Michigan
(Running Backs Coach)
Boston College
(Running Backs Coach)
New England Patriots
(Offensive Backfield Coach)
New England Patriots
(College Scout)
New England Patriots
(Offensive Backfield Coach)
New England Patriots
(Director of Pro Scouting)
New England Patriots
(Director of Player Personnel)
New England Patriots
(Vice President of Player Personnel)
Houston Texans
(Associate Director of Pro Scouting)

Bobby Grier (born in Detroit, Michigan) is the current American football associate director of pro scouting for the Houston Texans of the National Football League.

Playing career

College

Grier attended the University of Iowa, where he played football as a running back in the mid-1960s.

Coaching career

High school

Grier began his coaching career at Kettering High School an assistant coach from 1966 through 1969. He then was hired as the head coach at Martin Luther King High School in 1970, a position he held through 1973.

College

In 1974, Grier moved to the college ranks, serving as running backs coach for Eastern Michigan University until 1977. He then moved to Boston College, where he was running backs coach for three seasons starting in 1978.

NFL

Then-Patriots head coach Ron Erhardt hired Grier as an offensive backfield coach for the team's 1981 season. From 1982 through 1984, Grier was a college scout for the Patriots, before returning as offensive backfield coach in 1985, a position he held through 1992. In 1993, new head coach Bill Parcells moved Grier back to the personnel department as the Patriots' director of pro scouting. In 1995, Grier was promoted to director of player personnel. When Pete Carroll was hired as head coach in 1997, Grier was again promoted, this time to vice president of player personnel. In early 2000, Carroll was fired and replaced with Bill Belichick. Grier was fired shortly after the 2000 NFL Draft with then-assistant director of player personnel Scott Pioli taking over Grier's responsibilities. Grier then was hired by the Houston Texans in May 2000 as their associate director of pro scouting, two years before the team began play.

Personal

Grier and his wife Wendy, who reside in Houston, Texas, have two sons: Chris, the college scouting director for the Miami Dolphins, and Mike Grier, a National Hockey League player.

External links

* [http://www.houstontexans.com/team/FrontOfficeBio.asp?front_office_id=61 Houston Texans profile]


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