Clayton McGrath enters his first year at Rhode Island in 2020-21 as a defensive quality Control coach.
He was Brown’s defensive line coach in 2018, returning to his alma mater after successful coaching stints at Central Florida, Duke, South Florida and Wesleyan. McGrath developed nose tackle Daryl Banfield to All-Ivy honors.
As a graduate assistant Defensive Line coach at Central Florida, McGrath helped the 2017 Knights squad to its winningest season in school history and a victory in the Peach Bowl. He was also a graduate assistant defensive line coach at South Florida in 2016 when the Bulls posted their winningest season in school history.
McGrath, who earned a Master of Arts degree from Duke in 2016, was a graduate assistant at Duke for three seasons, joining the Blue Devils staff in July of 2013 on the defensive side of the ball. During the 2014 season, McGrath was part of a defensive coaching group that held five opponents to 13 or fewer points, the most since 1971. The Blue Devils allowed 21.77 points a game, the fifth best mark since the 1976 season and best since allowing 20.58 points per game in 1994.
In 2012, McGrath served as an assistant coach at Wesleyan University, working with the defensive line as the Cardinals posted the program’s first winning season in 10 years.
A native of Longmeadow, Mass., McGrath graduated from Brown in 2011.
updated - 1/24/2021
