Grant Swallows, a native of Livingston and a former record-setting Golden Eagle quarterback,  was named in April, 2008, as Associate Athletics Director for Development at Tennessee Tech.     
   
Swallows, 29, came to Tech from his position as assistant principal, head football coach and technology coordinator at Livingston Academy.
   
Swallows earned his bachelor's degree in 2003 in English-journalism at Tennessee Tech, where he was a member of both the football and baseball teams. On the football team, he reaped numerous awards and honors for his distinguished career, including the Ohio Valley Conference Steve Hamilton Sportsmanship Award. He was named the 2002 TTU NCAA Man of the Year as well as the Outstanding Male Athlete. His football awards also included CoSIDA Academic All-District, the team's prestigious Robert Hill Johnson Award, the Sonny Allen Leadership Award, and the Headliner Award.
   
After finishing his playing career under head coach Mike Hennigan, Swallows stayed with the football team and served one season as a student assistant coach for the Golden Eagles while finishing his course work and earning his degree.
   
In 2003, he left Tech to take a teaching position at Livingston Academy, where he also served as an assistant football and assistant baseball coach. While in those roles, he received his Master's Degree in Instructional Leadership in 2006, and a Specialist in Education Degree in Instructional Leadership in 2007.
   
That fall, he rejoined the Golden Eagle football coaching staff as an assistant coach under interim head coach Doug Malone. He worked with Tech's quarterbacks, helping freshman Lee Sweeney earn OVC Newcomer of the Year honors. In 2007, he returned to Livingston Academy as head football coach and assistant principal.
   
Grant and his wife, Beth Ann, have been married six years and have two children, Brady (2) and Anniston (born June 2, 2009).