Grant Porter

Biography

Grant Porter transitioned from his assistant coach position to handling alumni relations, camps and clinics for the program in 2026. A key figure in both national titles in school history, the 2004 UNC graduate helped lead the Tar Heels to their first national championship as a player in 2001 and again as an assistant coach in 2011. While on the sidelines, Carolina routinely brought in top-10 recruiting classes in recent years: No. 3 in 2012, No. 4 in 2013, No. 7 in 2015, No. 1 in 2016, No. 2 in 2017 and No. 1 in 2019. He played alongside 16 MLS draft picks as a player and has helped guide 27 players into professional soccer since becoming a Tar Heel assistant coach in 2011. His 19 combined years with the Carolina program as both a player and a coach is stellar. His resume includes the aforementioned two national titles in 2001 and 2011, and 19 appearances in the NCAA Championship. He has also been a member of six Atlantic Coast Conference regular season championship programs and two ACC title teams. Porter returned to Chapel Hill in 2011 with eight years of coaching experience under his belt after graduating from UNC. Porter was the Director of Soccer for the Charlotte United Futbol Club in Charlotte from 2006-10. During that time, he was also the head soccer coach at Charlotte Country Day School during the 2009 and 2010 seasons where he groomed an all-state selection, a pair of all-region honorees and six all-conference award winners. He began his coaching career at Georgia