Louisville DC Todd Grantham a yeller? "Good description"

If you've seen Louisville football practice at any point in the past week, or back during spring workouts, you probably noticed one particular guy's scream through the rest of the usual yelling that comes with practice.

It's sort of a combination of AC/DC lead singer Brian Johnson mixed with a little bit of gravel, and the man's always shouting something. His instructions cut through the rest of the coaches' shouting like nothing.

And no, I'm not talking about Bobby Petrino, who himself is known as a bit of a loud presence in practice, even though his voice is almost shot after the first week of practice.

Tell Louisville defensive coordinator Todd Grantham that you'd describe him as a yeller and he won't disagree.

"That's a good description," he said, prompting a chuckle from the U of L support staff standing by.

"My style is, when the ball is snapped, there's a certain way to play the game. You have to play with energy and passion and the physicality needed to be successful, whatever position you play."

Grantham, 47, who joined Petrino's staff in January after spending four seasons at Georgia, said because of the style he wants from his players, he needs to match that passion and energy.

"If you didn't take that approach, you're a little bit hypocritical," Grantham said. "If I'm going to ask players to be that passionate and that physical and that aggressive in their play, why wouldn't I could them that way?"

So even Grantham, whose $975,000 salary makes him the fourth-highest-paid assistant coach in college football, just lets it fly.

He tilts his practice hat slightly to one side and prefers his practice shorts baggy. And if you hear him yelling, he's usually crouched forward with his hands on his knees.

"There's going to be one day when you're not there," Grantham said. "When they're out there in front of 90,000 people and you're not there, you have to condition them to be ready for that."