Education
University of Michigan.
University of Michigan.
Gary "The General" Grant played for Canton McKinley High School and collegiately at the University of Michigan. Gary received his Bachelor in Kinesiology. He was selected in the 1988 National Basketball Association Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics, but was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers before the 1988-1989 season started.
There he remained for seven years before moving on to the New York Knicks, the Miami Heat, and the Portland Trail Blazers.
While playing for the Clippers, he was featured in the 1992 film Miracle Beach. During the 2010-2011 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men"s basketball season while playing for the 2010-2011 Michigan Wolverines team, Darius Morris surpassed Grant"s school record single-season assist total set for the 1987-1988 team
The following season Trey Burke broke Grant"s freshman season assist total record. Grant continues to hold several Michigan records including career starts (128), career assists (731), career steals (total and per game), career minutes, career turnovers, single-season assists per game, single-season steals (total and per game, 1st, 2nd and 3rd places for both), single-season turnovers, single-game assists, and single-game steals.
Grant has three children with Tammie Grant: Taryn, Mahogany, and Piper.