Bio

Brad Grinstead is in his second year as an assistant coach at Gulf Coast in 2022-23, and he arrived at Perkinston with an impressive MACCC background. He was the head coach at Mississippi Delta for four seasons and elevated the program to new heights. 

Delta had its first double-digit win total in recent history in 2019, including a win over a Gulf Coast team that was ranked in the top-10 nationally. He placed players on the All-MACJC first-team both years, and his 2020 team finished with a 3.59 grade-point average.

Grinstead displayed great recruiting chops during stops as an assistant coach at NCAA Division III Hendrix College and NAIA Lyon College, both in Arkansas. At Lyon from 2014-17, he helped a team that won 17 games the first year to one that reached 30 in the third.

He was a standout catcher for the Hendrix baseball team. A three-year letterman, he hit .312 for his career. He batted .368 as a junior before missing his senior season because of Tommy John surgery. He received All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Honorable Mention in 2010 and was on the SCAC Academic Honor Roll. Grinstead led the Warriors to the 2009 SCAC Tournament title, resulting in a trip to the NCAA Division III Tournament.

Grinstead has a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from Hendrix. He grew up in Craig, Colo., and is married to Taylor Kisner.