Earl Grant

Earl Grant (born December 25, 1976) is an assistant men’s basketball coach for the Tennessee Volunteers. He was most recently the head coach for the Boston College Eagles men's basketball team. Prior to being at Boston College, Grant served as head coach at the College of Charleston, as an assistant coach at Clemson University, and an assistant coach for six years under former Charleston assistant coach Gregg Marshall at Wichita State and Winthrop University. Grant also served as an assistant coach at The Citadel.

Biography A native of North Charleston, South Carolina, Grant went to R.B. Stall High School. He played college basketball at the NCAA Division II level at Georgia College for two years. He led Georgia College to consecutive Peach Belt Conference championships and the Elite Eight of the 2000 NCAA Tournament. Grant graduated from Georgia College in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in psychology. He is married to Jacci Grant and has three sons: Trey, Eyzaiah, and Elonzo.

Grant began his coaching career as an assistant at The Citadel under Pat Dennis from 2002 to 2004. Gregg Marshall hired Grant as an assistant at Winthrop University in 2004, and when Marshall left to take the head coaching gig at Wichita State in 2007, he brought Grant along with him. Grant was hired as an assistant at Clemson in 2010, serving under Brad Brownell. Grant was fired by Boston College in March 2026 after five seasons without making it to the NCAA tournament.

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