Sport(s) Football 1978 Emory & Henry (LB) Education Ferrum College 1971–1972 Ferrum Name Jim Grobe Children Ben Grobe, Matt Grobe | 1973–1974 Virginia Role American Football coach Positions Guard, Linebacker 1975 Virginia (GA) Spouse Holly Grobe | |
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Born February 17, 1952 (age 72)
Huntington, West Virginia ( 1952-02-17 ) 1976–1977 Liberty HS (Bedford, VA) Past teams coached Wake Forest Demon Deacons football People also search for Dave Clawson, Holly Grobe, Ben Grobe, Matt Grobe | ||
Jim grobe resigns as wake forest head coach
Jim Britt Grobe (born February 17, 1952) is an American football coach and former player. He was most recently the head football coach at Baylor University. From 2001 to 2013, Grobe served as the head football coach at Wake Forest University. In 2006, he was named ACC Coach of the Year by a unanimous vote and AP Coach of the Year for coaching Wake Forest to an 11–2 regular season and the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship.
Contents
- Jim grobe resigns as wake forest head coach
- Press conference wake forest s jim grobe resigns
- Playing career
- 2006 season
- Resignation
- Baylor University
- Family
- Coaching tree
- References
Press conference wake forest s jim grobe resigns
Playing career
Grobe earned his undergraduate degree (B.S.) in education from the University of Virginia in 1975 and earned a master's degree in guidance and counseling from Virginia in 1978. As a player at Virginia in 1973 and 1974, Grobe played middle guard (1973) and linebacker (1974). He was a two-year starter for the Virginia Cavaliers and was named Academic All-ACC.
Before enrolling at Virginia, Grobe spent two seasons with Ferrum College, then known as Ferrum Junior College, where he played linebacker on the undefeated Coastal Conference championship team. Grobe earned the Catlin Citizenship Award and the Big Green Award. In the fall of 2002, Grobe was inducted into the Ferrum College Hall of Fame.
2006 season
In 2006, Grobe led Wake Forest to a school record 11 wins with a perfect 6–0 road record. His Wake Forest team also won the Atlantic Coast Conference championship by virtue of defeating Georgia Tech, 9–6, in the conference title game. The Demon Deacons earned their first trip to a BCS bowl game and played Louisville in the Orange Bowl. Grobe was named the ACC Coach of the Year, receiving 80 out of 80 votes from the league's media and making him the sixth Wake Forest coach to win the award. Grobe was also awarded the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award and the AP Coach of the Year in 2006.
On February 27, 2007, Grobe signed a 10-year contract extension through 2016.
Resignation
Grobe resigned from Wake Forest on December 2, 2013.
Baylor University
On May 30, 2016, Grobe was hired as Baylor's head coach for the 2016 season. Coach Grobe led the Baylor Bears to their 7th consecutive bowl game, the Motel 6 Cactus Bowl in Arizona. Baylor entered the game as heavy underdogs to the Boise St Broncos (10-2 record), but despite being out-manned & overlooked by Vegas odds makers the Bears dominated the Broncos and rolled to an easy 31-12 victory.
Family
Grobe and his wife Holly have two sons, Matt and Ben, and three grandchildren. Matt was named Head Coach of the Men's Golf Team at Marshall University in 2012. Ben is Assistant Director of Football Operations at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Coaching tree
Assistant coaches under Jim Grobe who became NCAA head coaches: