Dec 29, 2020

Lee Grimes hired as KU offensive line coach

Posted Dec 29, 2020 5:41 PM

LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas football coach Les Miles announced Tuesday that Lee Grimes has been hired as offensive line coach.

Grimes, a decorated former player and staff member at Texas A&M, spent the 2020 season at UNC Charlotte, and brings more than eight years of collegiate coaching experience to Lawrence.

“Lee is an impressive coach who will bring a lot of passion and energy to the offensive line position room,” Miles said in a statement. “He was a great player at Brownwood High School in Texas and one that I recruited heavily when I was head coach at Oklahoma State. Lee comes highly recommended as a coach, and has worked with some great offensive coaches including Jimbo Fisher, Josh Henson and Jim Turner. Lee is a relationship builder, and is the type of leader we want in our program. I am eager to get to work with him.”

Grimes, who played in the NFL in 2010, arrives at Kansas after one season with the Charlotte 49ers, serving as the offensive line coach.

Prior to his one season at Charlotte, Grimes spent three seasons at Texas A&M, both as a senior offensive analyst and graduate assistant working with the offensive line.

Grimes came to Texas A&M from Minnesota, where he served as a graduate assistant for the 2016 season.

Prior to his time at Minnesota, Grimes was the run game coordinator and offensive line coach at East Texas Baptist for three seasons.

Grimes got into coaching in 2010 at University of Arkansas at Monticello as the assistant offensive line coach. He also spent time at Southeastern Oklahoma State and Lubbock Estacado High School, prior to his stint at East Texas Baptist.

As a player at Texas A&M, Grimes was a teammate of current Kansas safeties coach Jordan Peterson. Grimes was a two-year starter for the Aggies and a four-year letter winner. He was an All-Big 12 Second-Team selection in 2009 and was named to the Texas A&M All-Decade team for 2000-2010. He received his bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M in 2009.

Grimes spent part of the 2010 season with both the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the San Diego Chargers following his playing career in College Station.

Grimes and his wife, Kristen, have one son, Deacon.

Lee Grimes. Courtesy KUAthletics.com.
Lee Grimes. Courtesy KUAthletics.com.