Bio

Grant Palmer was hired as the head coach of the Warriors baseball team in August 2023. He enters his third season in charge of the Warriors in 2026. 

In 2025, the Warriors went 32-14 overall with a 16-8 record in South Coast Conference play. The 32 wins in a season were the most for the Warriors since the 2019 season when that team won 40 games and was one win shy of the 3C2A State Championship. The Warriors also blasted 37 home runs as a team, setting a new program record. In the postseason, the Warriors earned the No. 8 seed in Southern California and defeated No. 9 Saddleback in the regionals. They advanced to the super-regional round where they knocked off hosts Cerritos and advanced to the final game of the round against Glendale before eventually being eliminated. 

In his first season at the helm in 2024, the Warriors finished with a 21-21 overall record and 12-12 record in conference play. The Warriors advanced to the 3C2A Southern California Regionals as the No. 19 seed in the 24-team field. They would fall in two games to Santa Ana in the regional round. 

Prior to getting the head job, Palmer was an assistant coach at Loyola Marymount in the spring of 2023. He worked with the outfielders and hitters. LMU claimed its first outright regular season West Coast Conference title in 25 years after posting a 21-6 mark in conference play and 29-24 overall record. Two players earned All-American honors and five were named to the All-WCC Team with Palmer on the coaching staff. 

Palmer was an assistant coach with the Warriors for five seasons (2017-2022). He ran the Warriors' offense, worked with the infielders, and coordinated all recruiting efforts.

Since joining the coaching staff in 2017, the Warriors have had the best three-year stretch in program history. The team made three consecutive “Elite Eight” appearances and two “Final Four” appearances, finishing as the state runner-up in 2019 for just the second time in program history.. 

In addition, Palmer served as the Head Coach for the Anchorage Bucs in the prestigious Alaska Baseball Summer League.  In his first year as the Head Coach the Bucs won the 2019 ABL summer championship.

Coach Palmer played for ECC in 2012, utilizing his red shirt and then transferred to UC Irvine. At Irvine, he was 11th all-time in games played. Palmer was an All Tournament selection for the 2014 Corvallis Regional. Palmer and the Anteaters went on to play in the 2014 College World Series. 

Palmer attended El Segundo High School and then graduated from UC Irvine with a degree in Sociology and Educational Sciences before earning his Master’s in Sports Science from the United States Sports Academy.

GRANT PALMER COACHING CAREER AND RECORD

ABCA All-American Selections: 1 Second Team (Slater Nunez, Utility, 2025)
ABCA All-Region Selections: 2 (One First Team, One Second Team)
All-SCC Selections: 11 (Five First Team; Six Second Team)

Career Head Coaching Record (Two Seasons): 53-35 (28-20 SCC)

FURTHER BREAKDOWN

ABCA ALL-AMERICAN SELECTIONS, BY YEARS (1)

2025: One Selection (Second Team, Slater Nunez, Utility)

ABCA ALL-REGION SELECTIONS, BY YEARS (2)

2025: Two Selections (One First Team, One Second Team)

ALL CONFERENCE SELECTIONS, BY YEARS (11)

2025: Six Selections (Four First Team, Two Second Team)
2024: Five Selections (One First Team, Four Second Team)

Updated 2-20-2026