CLEM GRINSTEAD
ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACH - RUNNING BACKS

2008 marks Clem Grinstead's seventh season as an assistant football coach at Colorado School of Mines.

Grinstead, who coaches CSM's running backs, helped guide former Oredigger Bryan Florendo to his second consecutive First Team All-RMAC selection in 2006. Florendo, who in 2006 became the first Oredigger to rush for 1,000 yards (1,018) since 1939, also garnered National Football Foundation (NFF) First Team All-Colorado and Don Hansen's National Football Gazette Third Team All-Southwest Region accolades in 2006. Florendo was also selected as the Offensive Player of the Year on the 2006 NFF All-Colorado Team.

During his first three seasons at Mines, Grinstead helped Craig Van Horn earn back-to-back-to-back Second Team All-RMAC honors. Van Horn departed CSM with 2,575 career rushing yards, ranking him second all-time in program history. Van Horn also finished his career as Mines' all-time leader in yards per carry (5.2).

Grinstead, a native of New Orleans, earned a B.A. in History and Criminology from Coe College in 1995. Grinstead lettered while playing linebacker at Coe and led his squad to the NCAA Playoffs.

A resident of Golden, Grinstead spent a year coaching at Jefferson High School before coming to Colorado School of Mines.