| John Griffin III | |
| Position: | Head coach |
| Team: | Bucknell Bison |
| League: | Patriot League |
| Birth Date: | 3 December 1985[1] |
| High School: | St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| College: | Bucknell (2004–2008) |
| Career Start: | 2008 |
| Career End: | 2012 |
| Coach Start: | 2010 |
| Years1: | 2008–2009 |
| Team1: | Crailsheim Merlins |
| Years2: | 2010 |
| Team2: | BK Inter Bratislava |
| Years3: | 2011 |
| Team3: | Leicester Riders |
| Years4: | 2011–2012 |
| Cyears1: | 2010–2011 |
| Cteam1: | Indiana Pacers (Video Game Coordinator) |
| Cyears2: | 2012 |
| Cteam2: | Rider (Director of Operations) |
| Cyears3: | 2013–2015 |
| Cteam3: | Rider (assistant) |
| Cyears4: | 2015–2019 |
| Cteam4: | Bucknell (assistant) |
| Cyears5: | 2019–2023 |
| Cteam5: | Saint Joseph's (associate head coach) |
| Cyears6: | 2023–present |
| Cteam6: | Bucknell |
| Highlights: | As player:
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John Griffin III (born December 3, 1985) is an American college basketball coach, currently the head men's coach for the Bucknell Bison.[2]
Griffin attended St. Joseph's Preparatory School in Philadelphia and led the basketball team to a Philadelphia Catholic League title as a senior in 2004.[3]
In his first season as a professional in 2008–2009, Griffin played with the Crailsheim Merlins in the German second-tier ProB. He led the team to a league title and was named the league's most valuable player.[3] After suffering an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, Griffin joined BK Inter Bratislava in Slovakia in early 2010.[4] [5] He signed with the Leicester Riders of the British Basketball League in late 2011.[5] Griffin played one final season in Italy in 2011–2012.
Griffin's first coaching position was with the Indiana Pacers as a Video Game Coordinator. He'd move to the college ranks to join the coaching staff at Rider first as the director of operations then as an assistant coach.[6] From 2015 to 2019, he'd coach at his alma mater, Bucknell University, as an assistant, before joining Saint Joseph's as their associate head coach under Billy Lange.[7]
On March 21, 2023, he was hired as the head coach at Bucknell replacing Nathan Davis.[8] [9] [10] [11]
Griffin's father, John Griffin, also coached college basketball, serving as head coach at Siena and Saint Joseph's.[3] His brother, Matt, played at Rider and Boston University.[3]
Griffin married Brianna Gauthier, who played college basketball at Mount St. Mary's.[3]