CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Citadel head coach Brent Thompson has announced that Tony Grantham has been named the new defensive coordinator and linebackers coach for the Bulldogs.
 
Grantham joins the Bulldogs after spending the previous season coaching the outside linebackers at the United States Naval Academy.
 
Grantham spent the 2017 season as the defensive coordinator at Western Illinois where he guided a defense that ranked 22^nd against the run, sixth in interceptions, 13^th in takeaways, 23^rd in sacks and 13^th in tackles-for-loss.
 
Prior to his time at WIU, Grantham spent three seasons as the linebackers coach and special teams coordinator at Louisville where he worked alongside his brother, Todd. Tony helped the Cardinals win 26 games and make a bowl game all three seasons. Louisville finished in the top 20 in total defense in two of his three seasons and the Cardinals forced 81 turnovers over those three years.
 
Grantham also served two other stints at the Naval Academy, serving as the outside linebackers coach from 2008-13 and training the defensive line and linebackers from 2003-06. The 2013 Navy team was just the fifth in the program's 132-year history of playing football to win at least nine games, beat Army and win a bowl game. The Navy defense held eight of its 13 opponents below their scoring average for the season.
 
He began his coaching at Eastern Illinois in 2000 before going to LSU to serve as a graduate assistant under Nick Saban.
 
Grantham graduated from Radford in 2000 with a degree in physical education.