| Bob Griffin | |
| Birth Date: | 22 October 1940 |
| Birth Place: | New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1958 |
| Player Team1: | Delaware |
| Player Years2: | 1961-1962 |
| Player Team2: | Southern Connecticut |
| Player Positions: | Quarterback |
| Coach Years1: | 1963–1965 |
| Coach Team1: | Holy Cross HS (NY) |
| Coach Years2: | 1966–1969 |
| Coach Team2: | Rhode Island (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1970 |
| Coach Team3: | Bishop Hendricken HS (RI) |
| Coach Years4: | 1971 |
| Coach Team4: | Idaho State (OC) |
| Coach Years5: | 1972–1975 |
| Coach Team5: | Idaho State |
| Coach Years6: | 1976–1992 |
| Coach Team6: | Rhode Island |
| Coach Years7: | 1993–1995 |
| Coach Team7: | Berlin Adler |
| Coach Years8: | 1995–1998 |
| Coach Team8: | Syracuse (WR) |
| Coach Years9: | 2000–2003 |
| Coach Team9: | Holy Cross (QB) |
| Coach Years10: | 2004–2005 |
| Coach Team10: | Holy Cross (co-OC) |
| Coach Years11: | 2008–2011 |
| Coach Team11: | Rhode Island (TE) |
| Overall Record: | 100–127–1 (college) |
| Tournament Record: | 2–3 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs) |
| Championships: | 3 Yankee (1981, 1984–1985) |
Robert S. Griffin (born October 22, 1940) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Idaho State University from 1972 to 1975 and the University of Rhode Island from 1976 to 1992, compiling a career college football coaching record of 100–127–1. His 79 wins with the Rhode Island Rams are the most of any head coach in program history. Griffin was born and raised in Milford, Connecticut and graduated from Southern Connecticut State College in 1963. He played college football at Southern Connecticut State as a quarterback and holds the team record for longest completed pass (87 yards).
Griffin began his coaching career at Holy Cross High School in Queens, NY, leading the team to their first New York City Championship in 1963 and a second New York City Championship in 1965. Griffin worked as an assistant coach at URI from 1966 to 1970. He next was offensive coordinator at Idaho State, and was named head coach in 1972. Griffin returned to URI in 1976 and spent 17 seasons as the Rams' head coach.[1]
On November 25, 1992, Griffin was fired from his post at Rhode Island.[2] In the 20 years following Griffin's termination, the school's football team had two winning seasons under four different head coaches.
Griffin has three children and seven grandchildren. He currently resides in Narragansett, Rhode Island with his wife, Rosanne.