He also worked with Stoops as associate head coach and offensive coordinator at Florida State from 2010-12 and prior to that also made coaching stops at Tennessee, Auburn and Ole Miss. With 30 total years of coaching experience, including 21 bowl games, Gran had massive success as offensive coordinator at Cincinnati from 2013-15. Gran, earned $850,000 this season and is set to receive $25,000 raises in each of the next two years. In both 20, UK had more than 2,000 rushing yards and 2,000 passing yards in consecutive seasons for the first time in school history.Īs a recruiter, Gran has also developed a pipeline in south Florida, which has led to 16 signatures over the last three recruiting cycles.

In his first season as UK offensive coordinator in 2016, Snell and Boom Williams became the first two players in school history to each rush for 1,000 yards in the same season. Sophomore wide receiver Lynn Bowden's 67 receptions this season were the most by a Kentucky player since Randall Cobb had 84 in 2010 and his 67 catches broke Derek Abney's school record of 66 catches in 2001 for most by a sophomore in school history.Īgainst Penn State, senior tight end CJ Conrad also became the 28th player in school history with 1,000 career receiving yards. In his first year as a starter, Wilson became the first Wildcat with at least 1,500 passing yards and 500 rushing yards in the same season. Welcome to Kentucky Sports Radio on Youtube Click below to subscribe to KSR on Youtube. With Snell and quarterback Terry Wilson, Gran's offense ranked 40th in rushing offense, 77th in first downs, 84th in scoring offense, 103rd in total offense and 116th in passing offense. Over his three-year career, Snell rushed for an impressive 3,873 yards and 48 touchdowns, ranking 12th in SEC history in career rushing yards and third in career rushing touchdowns. 12 Penn State in the VRBO Citrus Bowl earlier this month which gave UK just its third 10-win season in school history. Reports stated that Georgia had offered Gran complete control of the offense and $1.1 million to replace Chaney, who left after three years for the same position at Tennessee.Īs Mark Stoops' head coach of offense, offensive coordinator and running backs coach since 2016, Gran has overseen the development of running back Benny Snell, who became the school's first three-time 1,000 yard rusher and Kentucky's all-time leading rusher in the Wildcats' 27-24 victory over No. Matt Jones of Kentucky Sports Radio first reported Thursday afternoon that Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart had offered his offensive coordinator position, recently vacated by Jim Chaney to UK's third-year play caller. 'I'm all in, #BBN! Let's do this !' Gran tweeted. According to Nick Roush of KSR, Gran is coming back to Kentucky in an off-field. Gunnar Hoaks dad took to Twitter to express displeasure in Eddie Grans play calls, saying hes 'tired of all the excuses.' Check out his string of tweets and retweets from the game: As we posted earlier, Blake Bone had similar thoughts after the game, saying the team would be 'unstoppable' if they threw the ball more with Stephen Johnson. I think she just loves to compete, she loves to win.Offensive coordinator Eddie Gran has turned down a reported offer from Georgia to remain at Kentucky, he announced via Twitter Thursday. The Kentucky Wildcats are bringing back Eddie Gran, though not in an official assistant coaching role. The 30-minute episodes will air once a week, and you’ll receive a treat at the end of each episode with a podcast within a podcast. Walker will take you behind the scenes to paint a clearer picture of the Kentucky basketball recruiting world. “She likes to sit back a little bit, and when you get to that last quarter, she’s had some unbelievable finishing times. KSR basketball insider and recruiting analyst T.J.

On Tuesday afternoon, news leaked out Tennessee would be hiring Georgia's Jim Chaney as their offensive coordinator. “She’s a great closer,” Gran said of the filly, bred by Frederick Hertrich III and by Art Major out of Cannae Cammie. To say Kentucky fans have mixed feelings on offensive coordinator Eddie Gran would be an understatement, and the last 24 hours or so have brought out the extremes on both sides of the equation. Over the course of the last year, Test of Faith earned $1.06 million. She finished second in every other instance. Test of Faith has won 22 of her 25 starts, including 14 of 16 in the last year. Gran, a staffer for the University of Kentucky football team, is a part owner along with Melvin Segal and Kentuckiana Farms.

Harness Writers Association during its awards banquet Sunday evening in Orlando, Fla. The 3-year-old filly was named Horse of the Year by the U.S. It’s fitting that a horse named Test of Faith would give Eddie Gran his latest victory, as he was tested considerably over the last 18 months or so. Eddie Gran is officially back at Kentucky in an off-the-field role as a special assistant to the head coach. Kentucky football staffer Eddie Gran is an owner of the 3-year-old filly. Test of Faith (9) was named Horse of the Year by the U.S.

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