Nick Grant - Assistant Coach - Staff Directory

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Nick Grant

Title:
Assistant Coach
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Phone:
348-5674

2023 Silver Waves Media Top 75 Impactful Mid-Major Women's Basketball Assistant Coaches
2022 Silver Waves Media's Most Impactful Mid-Major Assistant Coaches

Nick Grant enters his fifth season with the Owls in 2023-24, after initially joining the Owls as part of Coach Edmonds' initial staff for the 2021-22 season.

The 2024-25 season saw the Owls advancing to the AAC Championship game in back-to-back seasons, upsetting the overall top seed and regular season champion UTSA in the quarterfinals. Grant's positional group garnered several conference accolades, with Malia Fisher being named All-AAC First, Defensive and Tournament Team, while Aniah Alexis was named to the All-Freshman Team.

Rice capped off a historic season in 2023-24, claiming Rice Athletic's first-ever AAC title in the debut season in the conference. The Owls won four games in four days to earn Rice's fourth-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament and first since 2019, where the Owls fell to then-defending national champions LSU in a hard-fought 70-60 defeat.

Grant helped develop Owl star Malia Fisher, earning All-AAC Third Team honors. Fisher was later named AAC Tournament MVP, while Destiny Jackson and Sussy Ngulefac were also named to the All-Tournament Team. During the NCAA Tournament game against LSU, Fisher surpassed 1,000 career points, becoming the 26th athlete in program history to do so.

The 2022-23 season saw a historic start for the Owls with an undefeated non-conference slate at 9-0. Grant helped the Owls achieve the third-highest win total for a season at 23 and also was crucial for the Owls' postseason win at BYU in the WNIT First Round. Rice finished the season 23-9 and made the C-USA quarterfinals. Malia Fisher and Ashlee Austin both earned selections to the All-C-USA Second Team.

Following the 2022-23 season, Grant and Lakevia Boykin were both named to the Silver Waves Media Top 75 Impactful Mid-Major Women's Basketball Assistant Coaches list.

In his first season on South Main, Grant helped guide a young team that improved vastly as the season progressed by winning nine of their final 15 games, as well as an 8-4 mark in Conference USA in the team's final 12 league games. The Owls went 14-13 overall and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Conference USA Championship.

Rice had three players honored by C-USA for postseason accolades. Malia Fisher was named to the C-USA All-Freshman Team and earned All-Conference Honorable Mention honors (the only freshman to do so), while Ashlee Austin was named Second Team All-Conference. In addition, Destiny Jackson earned All-Conference Honorable Mention accolades.

In his first season, Grant was named to the Silver Waves Media's Most Impactful Mid-Major Assistant Coaches list.

Prior to Rice, Grant spent seven years (2014-21) at San Diego State, where he was as an assistant coach under head women’s basketball coach Stacie Terry-Hutson. Grant also served as SDSU’s recruiting coordinator (2016-21) while primarily working with the Aztec guards and coaching the defensive side of the ball.

While with the Aztecs, Grant helped develop 10 Mountain West All-Conference selections and led in the signing of four nationally ranked classes. In 2019-20, played a big role in guiding an Aztec defense that ranked first in defensive field goal percentage and was second in defensive rebounds per game.

Grant, an Arlington, Texas native, arrived on Montezuma Mesa after spending three seasons at Texas A&M, including the final two as a video coordinator.

During his tenure with the Aggies, Grant was part of a program that made three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, highlighted by a run to the Elite Eight in 2014. Prior to his appointment as video coordinator, Grant served as a strength and conditioning intern with the Texas A&M athletic department for the 2011-12 season, working full-time with the women’s basketball team. He also aided the Aggies’ recruiting efforts in the summer of 2012, evaluating women’s basketball talent at the AAU level.

Grant received his Bachelor of Arts degree in communication from Baylor in 2010 and his M. Ed in Higher Education from Dallas Baptist University in 2015. While on the Waco campus, he served as a team manager with the women’s basketball squad from 2006-08.