He was a second baseman for the Mathews-Dickey Knights from 1973 to 1982. During that time, the Knights won several Cool Papa Bell League championships. Grice was also a Khoury League coach for the Mathews-Dickey Knights from 1970 to 1979, and then again in 1996 and 1997. His teams won numerous Khoury League championships. In 1972, he was an infielder for the St. Louis Dodgers in the Cool Papa Bell League. Grice was an infielder for Sumner High School from 1965 to 1968. He played second base for Culver-Stockton College from 1968 to 1972 Grice was the head baseball coach at Soldan High School from 1982 to 1988. He was an umpire in the St. Louis area from 1990 to 1993. Grice is a member of the Mathews-Dickey Knights Alumni Association.