Boyd Grant

Boyd Grant (1933-2020)

Teams coached: Fresno State Bulldogs, Colorado State Rams
Fresno State record: 194-74 (.724)
Colorado State record: 81-46 (.638)
Overall record^: 275-120 (.696)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  5  (1981, 1982, 1984, 1989, 1990)
• NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen:  1  (1982)
• NCAA Tournament Final Four:  0
• NIT Championships:  1  (1983)
• NIT Appearances:  3  (1983, 1985, 1988)
• WAC Regular Season Champion:  2  (1989, 1990)
• PCAA Regular Season Champion:  3  (1978, 1981, 1982)
• GLVC (Div II) Regular Season Champion:  4  (1994, 1996, 1997, 2001)
• PCAA Tournament Champion:  3  (1981, 1982, 1984)

Awards:

• PCAA Coach of the Year:  3  (1978, 1981, 1982)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

1987-1991	Colorado State
1977-1986	Fresno State
1974-1977	College of Southern Idaho
1972-1974	Kentucky (asst)
1960-1972	Colorado State (asst)

Boyd Grant Facts

• Boyd “Tiny” Grant
• Born August 17, 1933
• Died August 17, 2020
• Hometown: American Falls, Idaho
• Alma Mater: Colorado A&M University (BA, 1957)
• Played at then-Colorado A&M under longtime Rams’ head coach Jim Williams, graduating in 1957
• Started his coaching career at the high school level and returned to CSU to be an assistant under Williams in 1960
  • In 12 seasons, Grant was a part of four NCAA Tournaments; the Rams reached the 1969 Elite Eight
• Left his alma mater in 1972 and spent the next two seasons coaching under new Kentucky head coach Joe B. Hall
• Hired as the head coach at the College of Southern Idaho in 1974, coaching there for three seasons
  • Went 93-6 overall, finishing as NJCAA Runner-up in 1975 and winning the NCJAA Championship in 1976
  • Grant was later inducted into the NJCAA Hall of Fame (c/o 1988) and the CSI Hall of Fame (c/o 1999)
• Moved back to the D-I ranks in 1977, becoming the head coach at Fresno State
  • Was 194-74 in nine seasons at Fresno, going to three NCAA Tournaments and two NITs (won the 1983 NIT title)
  • Led the Bulldogs to three PCAA (now Big West) regular season titles and won three PCAA Tournaments
  • Left in 1986 as the program leader in coaching victories; later inducted into the Fresno State Hall of Fame (c/o 1993)
• Finished out his coaching career at alma mater Colorado State, coaching the Rams for four seasons
  • Compiled an overall record of 81-46, winning WAC titles and earning NCAA berths in 1989 and 1990
  • Retired from coaching in 1991 with 368 career coaching victories (275 at the D-I level)
  • Inducted into the Colorado State Hall of Fame in 1990 for his service as a player, assistant and head coach
• Grant suffered a stroke and passed away on his 87th birthday in Fort Collins, Colorado

Boyd Grant Coaching Tree

• Ron Adams (Fresno State)
• Tim Duryea (Utah State)
• Jeff Jackson (Furman, New Hampshire)
• Tim Jankovich (SMU, Illinois State)
• Ernie Kent (Washington State, Oregon, Saint Mary’s)
• Lynn Nance (Washington, Saint Mary’s)

 

^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only