Erin Grant enters her third season as an assistant head coach for the West Virginia University women’s basketball program. She joined the Mountaineers’ coaching staff on April 14, 2023.
In the 2024–25 season, Grant helped guided WVU to a fourth-place finish in the Big 12 and the program’s 16th NCAA Tournament appearance, advancing to the second round. The Mountaineers were ranked in every AP Top 25 poll throughout the season, finishing at No. 21 nationally. Star guard JJ Quinerly capped off the season by becoming the program’s 11th WNBA Draft pick.
During his first season in 2023–24, Grant led WVU to 25 wins—the most ever by a first-year staff in program history. The team also finished fourth in the Big 12 and earned its 15th NCAA Tournament berth, again reaching the second round. WVU appeared in the AP poll nine times and ended the season ranked No. 24.
Grant came to Morgantown after serving as the assistant coach at the University of Arizona for the past two seasons. There she helped the Wildcats to their ninth and 10th NCAA Tournament berths in program history. In both seasons, the team advanced to at least the second round while finishing with 20-plus wins in both campaigns.
Last season, Arizona ranked third in the Pac-12 in field goal percentage, hitting 43.8% of its shots, and fourth in scoring offense with an average of 74.1 points per game. Four Wildcats earned All-Pac 12 honors.
In her two years at USC, Grant coached two young Pac-12 stars Endiya Rogers and Alissa Pili. As freshmen in the 2019-20 season, Rogers and Pili were the team’s two top scorers averaging a combined 29 points per game while Pili was named the 2020 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year. As sophomores they combined to average 26 points per game as Rogers was named All-Pac-12 and Pili was honorable mention All-Pac-12.
Grant also was a major part in securing one of the best 2021 recruiting classes in the nation, helping bring in two McDonald’s All-Americans and the No. 7 class in the country.
Grant had an impressive playing career as a standout point guard, earning All-America honors while at Texas Tech before being selected 39th in the 2006 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm.
She also got early international experience as a member of the 2005 USA Basketball World University Games team, which won gold in Turkey. While playing at Texas Tech, the Arlington native was a two-time All-Big 12 First Team selection and was the 2003 Big 12 co-Freshman of the Year. She also was a three-time All-Academic First Team honoree.
As a pro, Grant was drafted by the Seattle Storm in 2006 before playing overseas where she was named team MVP of Stockholm 08, helping the team win a Swedish championship. She played the 2008 season in the WNBA with the Houston Comets.
After concluding her professional playing career, Grant was an assistant at UT Arlington for four seasons (2008-11), helping the program reach the 2009 WNIT. Grant went on to serve as an assistant at Memphis for four seasons (2013-16) in addition to spending three seasons as an assistant at New Mexico (2012, 2017-18) before landing back at her alma mater, Texas Tech as recruiting coordinator.
Grant graduated from Texas Tech University with a Bachelor’s in Business Administration in 2005 before earning her Master’s in Business Administration from TTU in 2006.
In 2018, Grant was inducted into the Texas Tech Hall of Fame for her prestigious playing career in Lubbock. She set the Texas Tech program record for career assists (844) and scored 1,108 points while leading the Lady Raiders to three NCAA Tournament appearances, including a run to the Sweet 16 in 2005.
