LaTef Grim

LaTef Grim

Title:
Assistant Coach / Wide Receivers / Pro Scout Liaison
Email:
lgrim@calpoly.edu
Phone:
805-756-7687

Assistant Coach (Wide Receivers) and Pro Scout Liaison • First Year • Pittsburgh '01
Recruiting Area: Los Angeles County

LaTef Grim, a former standout wide receiver at Pittsburgh who has coached football for three high schools in the CIF-Sac-Joaquin Section, was named Cal Poly's wide receivers coach in June 2022. He also serves as the Mustangs' pro scout liaison.

Grim was a record-breaking pass catcher at Pittsburgh from 1998-2000 with 178 career receptions for 2,680 yards and 15 touchdowns. His total receptions were No. 1 in the Panthers' record book for over 10 years and currently is No. 3 while his receiving yards is currently No. 5.

Grim played in the 2000 East-West Shrine Game at Stanford Stadium, twice was a team captain and twice earned All-Big East Conference first-team accolades.

He caught 60 balls for 906 yards and nine touchdowns as a sophomore in 1998, earning team offensive MVP honors, and bettered those numbers with 75 receptions for 1,106 yards and four scores as a junior in 1999, again earning team offensive MVP honors.

After earning three preseason All-America honors and listed as a Biletnikoff Award, Heisman Award and Maxwell Trophy candidate, Grim was overshadowed by Antonio Bryant in 2000, falling to 39 catches for 595 yards and two scores in his senior season.

Grim's best numbers for a single game were 12 catches for 188 yards against Virginia Tech in 1999, 11 receptions versus Boston College, also in 1999, and 192 yards on eight catches against Villanova in 1998.

He played in one bowl game, the 2000 Insight.com Bowl at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, making four catches for 73 yards in a 37-29 loss to Iowa State.

Despite his lofty numbers at Pitt, Grim was not drafted by an NFL team in 2001. He signed as a free agent with the Detroit Lions and was on the practice squad for the 2001 season. Injuries in 2002 ended his playing career.

A 1996 graduate of Franklin High School in Stockton, Grim twice was team MVP and also MVP of the school's basketball and track teams. He earned all-league and defensive back of the year honors in football, played in the North-South All-Star Game and earned three varsity letters under head coach Tom Verner.

After a year at San Jose State, where he played flag football, Grim earned Junior College All-American honors in his one season at San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton, making 58 receptions for 1,114 yards and eight touchdowns en route to Mid-Empire Conference honors in 1997, before heading to Pitt, where he earned a bachelor's degree in sociology in 2001.

Grim's coaching career began at Brookside Christian in Stockton, where he was head coach for eight seasons (2004-11) and led the Knights to a CIF-Sac-Joaquin Section Division VI title, a berth in the state small schools playoffs and a 12-1 record in 2010.

Grim also coached the Knights' baseball team to a 15-5 mark, Harvest Christian League title and CIF-Sac-Joaquin Section Division VII championship in 2007, his only season as head coach.

Grim also was an offensive coordinator at McNair High School in 2015 and was head coach for one season (2016) at Chavez High School, both schools in Stockton. He has worked as a personal trainer and is CEO of Wideout City, where he trained young receivers to improve their games.

He returned to coaching football at Kimball High School in Tracy last fall, mentoring the Jaguars to a 10-2 record, second-place finish in the Valley Oak League and a spot in the semifinals of the CIF-Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV playoffs before falling to Merced in a 51-50 slugfest.

Grim and his wife Queen Grim have seven children, daughters Arion and Faith, and sons Malik, Derrion, Adarius, David and Ty' Leo.