The Patriots have employed Browns offensive assistant Ashton Grant to be their new quarterbacks coach, a supply confirmed to the Herald.
Grant spent 5 years in Cleveland, the place he overlapped with new Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel final season when Vrabel served in a hybrid teaching/consulting position. Grant spent the final two years as an assistant with a deal with quarterbacks. Earlier than that, he assisted the Browns’ run and cross recreation coordinators in 2020 and 2021, respectively, aiding with weekly game-planning and expertise analysis.
In Cleveland, Grant additionally labored underneath ex-Patriots offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt and alongside his predecessor, T.C. McCartney, who coached tight ends earlier than shifting to quarterbacks. He additionally realized underneath cross recreation coordinator/extensive receivers coach Chad O’Shea, a former Patriots assistant who labored underneath new Pats offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels.
In two separate offseasons, Grant coached extensive receivers at all-star showcases for draft prospects. He entered the league by way of the Invoice Walsh Range Fellowship program and remained on separate fellowship run by the Browns. Through the latter fellowship, Grant began by working 12-to-16-hour days.
Earlier than reaching the NFL in 2020, Grant served as a high quality management coach at Holy Cross from 2019-20. That adopted a quick stint enjoying within the Alliance of American Soccer with the Salt Lake Stallions and NFL coaching camp stops with the Chiefs and Bears.
Grant performed at Assumption Faculty, the place he starred as a receiver. He’s a local of Manchester, Conn.
CBS Sports activities first reported Grant’s hiring.
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