COACHING PROFILE
Specialization
Football Performance Training
Inside Linebacker Skill Development Training
Defensive Football Skill Development Training
Multi-Sport Athlete Fitness Development Training
Speed Development Training
Credentials
- Independent Sports Performance Coach (2021-Present)
- Linebacker Skill Development Specialist (2019-Present)
- Former Football Performance Coach for Corey Davis, NFL WR (2019-2023 | Nashville, TN)
- Co-founder, former General Manager & Sports Performance Coach at WIN Performance (2019-2021 | Highland Park, IL)
- Former Starting Linebacker & Football Performance Coach for Gdynia Seahawks (2017 | Gdynia, Poland)
- One full year of Combine/NFL Performance Training, Trained by Kerry Neal (2016 | Highland Park, IL)
- B.S. in Construction Engineering, Minor in Mathematics from Western Michigan University (2015 | Kalamazoo, MI)
- Former 2-year starting linebacker (Mike, Will) at Western Michigan University (2013-2015) under Head coach PJ Fleck, linebacker coach Tim McGarigle, and Defensive Coordinator Ed Pinkham.
- Former 2-year starting linebacker (Mike, Will) at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (2011-2012 | Terre Haute, IN)
- 4 Year, 3-sport athlete at Prospect High School (2007-2011 | Mount Prospect, IL)
Awards & Accolades
- Bahamas Bowl Defensive MVP – Honoring the Bahamas Bowl Winning Team’s most valuable defensive player in Western Michigan’s first bowl victory in history. (2015, WMU Football)
- Senior Captain Award - Honoring the 2015 senior team captain. (2015, WMU Football)
- Burlsworth Trophy Nominee - Honoring college football’s most outstanding player who began his career as a walk-on. (2015, WMU Football)
- Outstanding Student Award - Honoring the student with the highest GPA in their major at graduation. (2015, WMU School of Engineering)
- #8 NFL.com College players with best intangibles - Honoring College players with the best intangibles. (2015, WMU Football)
- #36 on MAC top 70 player list - Honoring the top players in the Mid-American-Conference. (2015, WMU Football)
- Coxswain Leadership Award – Awarded to the player whose leadership and performance proved crucial throughout 2015 spring practices. (2015, WMU Football)
- John Gill Scholar Award - Honoring the Football Student Athlete that carries the Highest Cumulative GPA on the team. (2015, WMU Football)
- Athletic Scholarship - Awarded Athletic Scholarship after being a walk-on for two years. (2014, WMU Football)
- Tim Hiller Outstanding Team Player Award - Awarded to the player whose character and dedication has proven exemplary in his on-field battle. (2014, WMU Football)
- All-Conference HCAC - Awarded to the Heartland Collegiate Conference’s best players in the 2012 football season. (2012, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Football Team)
- Team Most Valuable Player - Awarded to the team’s most valuable player during the 2012 football season. (2012, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Football Team)
- D3 National Defensive Player of the Week – Honoring D3’s top players of the week. (2012, RHIT Football Team)
- Senior Knightship Leadership Award – Honoring the senior that is an excellent role model for peers and younger students. (2011, Prospect High School)
- 2x All-Area Football – (2010, 2011, Prospect Football Team)
- 2x All-Conference Football – (2010, 2011, Prospect Football Team)
- All-Conference Basketball – (2011, Prospect Basketball Team)
My Story in Sport
POPS
YOUTH/MS
POPS
My dad is a legend. Without him, I wouldn't have a life in sports.
NAME
YOUTH/MS
POPS
My brother and I were named after Michael Jordan and Horace Grant.
YOUTH/MS
YOUTH/MS
HIGH SCHOOL
I started playing competitive basketball when I was 5 and tackle football when I was 7.
HIGH SCHOOL
HIGH SCHOOL
HIGH SCHOOL
Played football, basketball, and ran track for all 4 years.
D3
HIGH SCHOOL
D3
Played 2 years for the Fightin' Engineers as one of D3's top linebackers.
D1
HIGH SCHOOL
D3
Walked on at WMU, earned a scholarship, and helped lead the team to its first bowl win in history as a 2-year starting linebacker.
NFL TRYOUT
OVERSEAS PRO
OVERSEAS PRO
Honored to get a chance to showcase my talent for the same team as my childhood hero.
OVERSEAS PRO
OVERSEAS PRO
OVERSEAS PRO
Finished my playing career in Poland before injuries forced me to hang up my cleats.
ABYSS
OVERSEAS PRO
SAVED BY GRACE
I did not know who I was without the game. I felt like I lost my north star, and I most definitely was lost in life.
SAVED BY GRACE
SAVED BY GRACE
SAVED BY GRACE
God reached down and redeemed me from the pit in a moment through one of his follower's sharing the gospel with me. I know now that I am first and foremost a child of God.
COACH
SAVED BY GRACE
COACH
Coaching is now a way that I get to serve God by passing down the wisdom I gained from my experience in sport to the next generation.
Appreciate everything you did fam! Been a real blessing having you come out past couple years and get me right, physically, spiritually & intellectually. Love you, G
Corey Davis, 2023
DePalma is the "perfect" player to lead the Broncos' steadily improving defense. Grant DePalma is one of those (unbelievable people on WMU's roster). He's a tough, hard-nosed football player. He finds a way to get it done and that's what the leadership of this team is all about.
PJ Fleck, 2014