Coach Tweit begins his 9th year as a coach at LCC. He is a Red Devil through and through. Grady came here in 1997 as a 3rd baseman from Sehome H.S. in Bellingham, WA where he started for 4 years for coach Gary Hatch. Grady was early in a long line of Bellingham players to wear the Devil's uniform. All of the boys from Bellingham that came to LCC played summers for Grady's father, Murray, on the Post #7 American Legion team.
As a player Grady is remembered as a tough competitor who wasn't afraid to get his uniform dirty. He led the Devils to a (40-5) record in '99, including a 28 game winning streak. He played the whole season, every game, on a knee that would require surgery at seasons end. In 2000 he helped LCC to a 2nd place finish in the NWAACC tournament.
Grady went on to complete his playing
career at York College in Nebraska. Grady has been an assistant coach for two years at Sehome H.S. under Hatch, another summer under his dad, Murray, with Post #7, and a year with the Belligham Bells of the PIL, under current OSU assistant David Wong. In 2004 Grady was the head coach of the North Whatcom Senior Legion team and for two summers was the head coach of the Post #7 Legion team out of Bellingham. For five seasons Grady was the head coach for the Pacific Tech Senior Legion team based out of Kelso. Grady, his wife Alicia, daughter Mackynlee and son Gunnar currently live in Longview as Grady completes his degree in Social Work through Eastern Washington University.
Grady will also be taking over as the Head Coach of the Cowlitz Black Bears, a West Coast League summer team, this year.
