Coaches
Grant Heard
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Grant Heard
Played at Ole Miss 1996-2000
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Jackson Prep (MS) (unknown) | ST coord. | QB/WR/ST | not known |
| 2003 | Hargrave (unknown) | Position | WR | not known |
| 2004 | NC State | GA | GA | Chuck Amato |
| 2005-2006 | Ole Miss | GA | GA | Ed Orgeron |
| 2007 | Western Michigan | Position | WR | Bill Cubit |
| 2008-2009 | Lambuth (unknown) | OC | OC | not known |
| 2010-2011 | Arkansas State | Position | PGC/QB | Steve Roberts (2010), Hugh Freeze (2011) |
| 2012-2016 | Ole Miss | Position | WR | Hugh Freeze |
| 2017-2019 | Indiana | Position | PGC/WR | Tom Allen |
| 2020-2021 | Indiana | OC | co-OC/WR✓ | Tom Allen |
| 2022-2023 | UCF | Position | WR | Gus Malzahn |
| 2024- | Eastern Michigan | Position | WR | Chris Creighton* |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Indiana | Co-offensive coordinator | 102 | 70 | 105 | 60 | 127 |
| 2021 | Indiana | Co-offensive coordinator | 126 | 127 | 122 | 102 | 130 |
Worked under
- Chuck Amato · NC State 2004 (GA)
- Ed Orgeron · Ole Miss 2005-2006 (GA)
- Bill Cubit · Western Michigan 2007 (Position)
- Steve Roberts · Arkansas State 2010 (Other, Position)
- Hugh Freeze · Arkansas State 2011 (Other, Position)
- Hugh Freeze · Ole Miss 2012-2016 (Position)
- Tom Allen · Indiana 2017-2021 (OC, Other, Position)
- Gus Malzahn · UCF 2022-2023 (Position)
- Chris Creighton* · Eastern Michigan 2024-2026 (Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Chuck Amato · NC State 2004 · him GA, them Head coach
- Doc Holliday · NC State 2004 · him GA, them Other, Position
- Manny Diaz* · NC State 2004 · him GA, them Position, ST coord.
- Noel Mazzone · NC State 2004 · him GA, them OC, Position
- Pat Meyer · NC State 2004 · him GA, them Strength
- Reggie Herring · NC State 2004 · him GA, them DC, Position
- Todd Stroud · NC State 2004 · him GA, them Position, Strength
- Chris Rippon · Ole Miss 2005-2016 · him GA, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Ed Orgeron · Ole Miss 2005-2006 · him GA, them Head coach
- Frank Wilson · Ole Miss 2005-2006 · him GA, them Position, ST coord.
- George DeLeone · Ole Miss 2005 · him GA, them Other, Position
- Matt Lubick · Ole Miss 2005-2006 · him GA, them Position
- Noel Mazzone · Ole Miss 2005 · him GA, them OC, Position
- Ryan Nielsen · Ole Miss 2005-2006 · him GA, them Position
- Dan Werner · Ole Miss 2006-2016 · him GA, Position, them OC
- Hugh Freeze · Ole Miss 2006-2016 · him GA, Position, them Head coach, Other, Position
- A. J. Ricker · Western Michigan 2007 · him Position, them GA
- Bill Cubit · Western Michigan 2007 · him Position, them Head coach
- Bill Miller · Western Michigan 2007 · him Position, them DC
- Jake Moreland · Western Michigan 2007 · him Position, them Position
- Steve Morrison · Western Michigan 2007 · him Position, them Position
- Corey Batoon · Arkansas State 2010-2011 · him Other, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- David Gunn · Arkansas State 2010-2011 · him Other, Position, them Head coach, Position
- Hugh Freeze · Arkansas State 2010-2011 · him Other, Position, them Head coach, OC
- Kevin Corless · Arkansas State 2010 · him Other, Position, them DC
- Steve Roberts · Arkansas State 2010 · him Other, Position, them Head coach
- Chris Kiffin · Arkansas State 2011 · him Other, Position, them Position
- Dave Wommack · Arkansas State 2011 · him Other, Position, them DC, Position
- Jon Bradley · Arkansas State 2011 · him Other, Position, them GA
- Tom Allen · Arkansas State 2011 · him Other, Position, them Other
- Chris Kiffin · Ole Miss 2012-2016 · him Position, them Position
- Corey Batoon · Ole Miss 2012-2016 · him Position, them Analyst, Other, Position, ST coord.
- Dave Wommack · Ole Miss 2012-2016 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Derrick Nix · Ole Miss 2012-2016 · him Position, them Position
- Kane Wommack · Ole Miss 2012-2013 · him Position, them GA
- Matt Luke · Ole Miss 2012-2016 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Tom Allen · Ole Miss 2012-2014 · him Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Wesley McGriff · Ole Miss 2012 · him Position, them DC
- Jason Jones · Ole Miss 2013-2016 · him Position, them DC
- Ryan Aplin · Ole Miss 2013 · him Position, them GA
- Billy Cosh · Indiana 2017 · him Other, Position, them GA
- Mark Hagen · Indiana 2017-2018 · him Other, Position, them DC
- Mike DeBord · Indiana 2017-2018 · him Other, Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Mike Hart · Indiana 2017-2020 · him OC, Other, Position, them Other, Position
- Nick Sheridan · Indiana 2017-2021 · him OC, Other, Position, them OC, Position
- Tom Allen · Indiana 2017-2021 · him OC, Other, Position, them Head coach
- William Inge · Indiana 2017-2019 · him Other, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Kane Wommack · Indiana 2018-2020 · him OC, Other, Position, them DC, Position
- Kalen DeBoer*+ · Indiana 2019 · him Other, Position, them OC, Position
- Kevin Peoples · Indiana 2020-2021 · him OC, Position, them DC
- Charlton Warren · Indiana 2021 · him OC, Position, them DC, Position
- Chip Lindsey · UCF 2022 · him Position, them OC, Position
- DJ Mangas · UCF 2022 · him Position, them Analyst
- David Gibbs · UCF 2022-2023 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Gus Malzahn · UCF 2022-2023 · him Position, them Head coach
- Herb Hand · UCF 2022-2023 · him Position, them Position
- Tim Harris Jr. · UCF 2022 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Travis Williams · UCF 2022 · him Position, them DC
- Addison Williams · UCF 2023 · him Position, them DC
- Darin Hinshaw · UCF 2023 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Ernie Sims · UCF 2023 · him Position, them Position
- Will Healy · UCF 2023 · him Position, them Analyst, Other
- Ben Needham · Eastern Michigan 2024-2025 · him Position, them DC
- Chris Creighton* · Eastern Michigan 2024-2026 · him Position, them Head coach
- Mike Piatkowski · Eastern Michigan 2024-2026 · him Position, them OC
- Mike Hart · Eastern Michigan 2025 · him Position, them Analyst
- Kasey Teegardin · Eastern Michigan 2026 · him Position, them DC
- Tate Omli · Eastern Michigan 2026 · him Position, them DC
Played together
- Derek Jones · Ole Miss 1996
- Matt Luke · Ole Miss 1996-1998
- Marcus Woodson · Ole Miss 1999-2000