Not too long ago, Bill Grier was in a coaching minority when it came to job security.
For 23 seasons, Grier plied his trade at just two locales — first for 15 years as a highly regarded assistant at Gonzaga, and then another eight as the head man at the University of San Diego. This in a profession where making double-digit stops in that length of time hardly is out of the norm.
Grier learned more about the nomadic side of coaching over the past 13 months than he did the previous two-plus decades.
Grier, the newest addition to coach Tad Boyle's staff with the Colorado men's basketball team, was let go at San Diego following the 2014-15 season and spent the past year as an assistant at Oklahoma State.