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{{Short description|Canadian football player and coach (born 1976)}}
{{for|the American football player|Corey Grant (running back)}}
{{Infobox CFL biography
| name = Corey Grant
| image = 2024, Coach Corey Grant.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = Grant with the Carleton Ravens in 2024
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1976|12|22}}
| birth_place = [[Stoney Creek, Ontario]]
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| team = Carleton Ravens
| number = 
| status = 
| import = no
| position1 = [[Head coach]]
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 205
| CIS = [[Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks|Wilfrid Laurier]]
| CFLDraftedYear = 1999
| CFLDraftedRound = 1
| CFLDraftedPick = 7
| CFLDraftedTeam = [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]
| coaching_years1 = [[2010 CIS football season|2010]]–[[2011 CIS football season|2011]]
| coaching_team1 = [[McMaster Marauders football|McMaster Marauders]] ([[Wide receiver|WRC]])
| coaching_years2 = {{CFL Year|2013|2018}}
| coaching_team2 = [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]] ([[Running back|RBC]])
| coaching_years3 = [[2019 U Sports football season|2019]]–[[2021 U Sports football season|2021]]
| coaching_team3 = [[McMaster Marauders football|McMaster Marauders]] ([[Offensive coordinator|OC]])
| coaching_years4 = [[2022 U Sports football season|2022]]–present
| coaching_team4 = [[Carleton Ravens football|Carleton Ravens]] ([[Head coach|HC]])
| playing_years1 = {{CFL Year|1999}}–{{CFL Year|2001}}
| playing_team1 = [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]
| playing_years2 = {{CFL Year|2002}}
| playing_team2 = [[Montreal Alouettes]]
| playing_years3 = {{CFL Year|2002}}–{{CFL Year|2008}}
| playing_team3 = [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]]
| playing_years4 = {{CFL Year|2009}}
| playing_team4 = Hamilton Tiger-Cats
| career_highlights =
* 2× [[Grey Cup]] champion ([[87th Grey Cup|1999]], [[95th Grey Cup|2007]])
* [[Vanier Cup]] champion ([[47th Vanier Cup|2011]])
| awards = 1999 - [[Frank M. Gibson Trophy]]
| CFL-archive = https://web.archive.org/web/20091006194043/http://cfl.ca/roster/show/id/124
}}
'''Corey Grant''' (born December 22, 1976) is the [[head coach]] for the [[Carleton Ravens football|Carleton Ravens]] [[Canadian football|football team]] of [[U Sports]]. He is a former professional [[wide receiver]] in the [[Canadian Football League]] where he played for 11 years and won two [[Grey Cup]] championships.<ref name=CGRANT>{{cite web|title=Saskatchewan Roughriders Bio: Corey Grant |url=http://www.riderville.com/player_bio.php?f_player_id=42 |accessdate=2007-01-26 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061028115045/http://www.riderville.com/player_bio.php?f_player_id=42 |archivedate=2006-10-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==University career==
Grant played [[U Sports football|CIAU football]] for the [[Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks]] from 1995 to 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://charlatan.ca/2022/03/breaking-ravens-football-announces-corey-grant-as-new-head-coach/ |title=BREAKING: Ravens football announces Corey Grant as new head coach |publisher=[[The Charlatan (student newspaper)|The Charlatan]] |date=March 18, 2022}}</ref>

==Professional career==
===Hamilton Tiger-Cats===
Upon completing his university career, Grant was drafted by the [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]] with the seventh overall pick in the [[1999 CFL Draft]]. He played and started in all 18 regular season games where he had 56 catches for 875 yards and three touchdowns and won the [[Frank M. Gibson Trophy]] as the [[East Division (CFL)|East Division]]'s Most Outstanding Rookie.<ref name=CGRANT/> He capped off the season by winning his first [[Grey Cup]] championship as the Tiger-Cats defeated the [[Calgary Stampeders]] in the [[87th Grey Cup]] game.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ticats.ca/page/all-time-roster-corey-grant|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115220558/http://www.ticats.ca/page/all-time-roster-corey-grant|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-15|title=Corey Grant|work=All-Time Roster|publisher=Hamilton Tiger-Cats|accessdate=2009-03-02}}</ref> He spent the 2000 and 2001 seasons with the Tiger-Cats before becoming a [[free agent]].

===Montreal Alouettes===
Ahead of the [[2002 Montreal Alouettes season|2002 season]], Grant signed with the [[Montreal Alouettes]].<ref name=CGRANT/> He played in 13 games where he had 25 receptions for 385 yards.<ref name=CGRANT/>

===Saskatchewan Roughriders===
Midway through the [[2002 CFL season]], Grant was traded to the [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]] in exchange for second round draft picks in the [[2003 CFL Draft]] and the [[2004 CFL Draft]].<ref name=CGRANT/> He dressed as a backup receiver for the remaining five regular season games and the East Semi-Final.<ref name=CGRANT/> In [[2003 Saskatchewan Roughriders season|2003]], he played in all 18 regular season games where he had 39 catches for 511 yards and three touchdowns. He played for the Roughriders for seven seasons which was highlighted by the [[95th Grey Cup|2007 Grey Cup]] victory over the [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] where Grant had two receptions for 20 yards in the championship game.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/games/1471/saskatchewan-roughriders-vs-winnipeg-blue-bombers/ |title=Final |publisher=[[Canadian Football League]] |date=November 25, 2007 |access-date=March 19, 2022}}</ref>

===Hamilton Tiger-Cats (II)===
Grant returned to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on June 26, 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=282952|title=Veteran receiver Grant joins the Tiger-Cats' practice squad|date=2009-06-26|publisher=TSN.ca|accessdate=2009-06-26}}</ref> He played in eight regular season games where he had nine catches for 89 yards and one touchdown.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/stats?stat_category=receiving&filter[season][eq]=2009&group_by=player |title=Stats |publisher=[[Canadian Football League]] |access-date=March 19, 2022}}</ref> He retired just prior to the [[2010 CFL season]] on June 3, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ticats.ca/tiger-cats-bring-six-more-to-tigertown/ |title=Tiger-Cats Bring Six More To TigerTown |publisher=[[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]] |date=June 3, 2010}}</ref> 

==Coaching career==
===McMaster Marauders===
Following his playing career, Grant was hired by the [[McMaster Marauders football|McMaster Marauders]] to serve as the team's [[wide receivers coach|receivers coach]] beginning with the [[2010 CIS football season|2010 season]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://marauders.ca/sports/football/roster/coaches/corey-grant/797 |title=Corey Grant |publisher=[[McMaster Marauders]] |access-date=March 18, 2022}}</ref> In [[2011 CIS football season|2011]], the Marauders won the first [[Vanier Cup]] in program history as the team defeated the [[Laval Rouge et Or football|Laval Rouge et Or]] in the [[47th Vanier Cup]]. Under Grant's coaching, receiver Michael DiCroce was named the [[Ontario University Athletics|OUA]] MVP [[2011 CIS football season#Post-season awards|that year]]. Grant spent two years with the Marauders but left the program in 2012.

===Hamilton Tiger-Cats===
On March 21, 2013, Grant was named the [[running backs coach]] and offensive quality control coach for the [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ticats.ca/ticats-add-grant-to-staff/ |title=Ticats Add Grant To Staff |publisher=[[McMaster Marauders]] |date=March 21, 2013}}</ref> He spent six seasons with the Tiger-Cats where the team made two appearances in the [[Grey Cup]].<ref name=Mac>{{cite web|url=https://3downnation.com/2019/01/31/former-ticats-assistant-corey-grant-to-become-offensive-coordinator-at-mac/ |title=Former Ticats assistant Corey Grant to become offensive coordinator at Mac |publisher=3DownNation |date=January 31, 2019}}</ref>

===McMaster Marauders (II)===
Grant returned to the McMaster Marauders on January 31, 2019, where he was named the team's [[offensive coordinator]].<ref name=Mac/> He spent three years and two seasons in that capacity, where the team won the [[Yates Cup]] in his first season, but failed to qualify for the playoffs with a 3–3 record in the COVID-19 shortened [[2021 U Sports football season|2021 season]]. While at McMaster, Grant established the Female Coaching Apprenticeship program, the first of its kind in U SPORTS in which two assistant coaching positions were recruited and filled.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/usports/article/mcmaster-football-program-offering-apprenticeship-two-female-coaches/|title = McMaster football program offering apprenticeship for two female coaches}}</ref>

===Carleton Ravens===
On March 18, 2022, it was announced that Grant had been hired as the [[head coach]] for the [[Carleton Ravens football|Carleton Ravens]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://goravens.ca/news/2022/03/fb-ravens-name-corey-grant-as-the-new-head-coach/ |title=FRavens Name Corey Grant as the New Head Coach |publisher=[[Carleton Ravens]] |date=March 18, 2022}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Grant and his wife, Jennifer, have two children, Qiawna and Devonn.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ottawasun.com/sports/football/were-going-to-build-this-thing-carleton-ravens-hire-former-cfler-corey-grant-as-head-coach |title='WE'RE GOING TO BUILD THIS THING': Carleton Ravens hire former CFLer Corey Grant as head coach |publisher=[[Ottawa Sun]] |date=March 18, 2022}}</ref>

== Head coaching record ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Team
!Overall
!Conference
!Standing
!Bowl/playoffs
|-
| colspan="6" |''[[Carleton Ravens football|Carleton Ravens]] ([[Ontario University Athletics|OUA]]) <small>(202</small><small>2–present)</small>''
|-
|[[2022 U Sports football season|2022]]
|Carleton
|5-4
|5-3
|5th
|
|-
|[[2023 U Sports football season|2023]]
|Carleton
|4-5
|4-4
|6th
|
|-
|[[2024 U Sports football season|2024]]
|Carleton
|2-6
|2-6
|8th
|
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Toronto:'''
|11-15
|11-13
| colspan="2" |
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Total:'''
|11-15
| colspan="3" |
|}

==References==
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[[Category:1976 births]]
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[[Category:Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks football players]]
[[Category:Hamilton Tiger-Cats players]]
[[Category:Montreal Alouettes players]]
[[Category:Saskatchewan Roughriders players]]
[[Category:Canadian Football League Rookie of the Year Award winners]]
[[Category:McMaster Marauders football coaches]]
[[Category:Hamilton Tiger-Cats coaches]]
[[Category:Carleton Ravens football coaches]]