PULLMAN, Wash. -- Any list of the top young defensive coordinators in college football would be incomplete without Alex Grinch’s name somewhere near the top.
Yes, we’re talking about the second-year defensive coordinator at Washington State, the same guy who was 34 when Mike Leach hired him and the same guy who had no previous defensive coordinator experience when he got the job.
And, yes, despite the stigma that’s been attached to the Air Raid offense and Leach’s program at Washington State, the Cougars are playing defense -- and playing it with the same voracity and attacking mindset as Leach’s offense.