| Megan Griffith | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | Columbia |
| Current Conference: | Ivy League |
| Birth Date: | 4 September 1985 |
| Player Years1: | 2003–2007 |
| Player Team1: | Columbia |
| Coach Years1: | 2012–2016 |
| Coach Team1: | Princeton (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 2016–present |
| Coach Team2: | Columbia |
| Championships: | 2 x Ivy League regular season (2023, 2024) |
| Awards: | 2 x Ivy League Coach of the Year (2023, 2024) |
Megan Griffith (born September 4, 1985) is an American college basketball coach and current head coach of the Columbia Lions women's basketball team.[1] Since joining Columbia in 2016, Griffith has built up the program and led the Lions to the winningest stretch in the program's NCAA Division I history. [2] She is the all-time winningest coach in program history. Griffith coached the team to its first regular season Ivy League title in 2023. [3] The Lions repeated as champions in 2024 and went on to earn the program's first berth into the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.[4]
Griffith is the former assistant women's basketball coach and recruiting coordinator at Princeton.[5] During Griffith's time at Princeton, the Tigers reached the postseason each year and earned five Ivy League titles.[6]
Griffith is from King of Prussia, Pennsylvania and was a three-sport athlete at Villa Maria Academy, playing basketball, lacrosse, and volleyball.[7] As a basketball player, she was a two-time team captain and earned first team Main Line Times honors her junior and senior year.[8] Her team won the PIAA District 1 Championship in 2002.[9] [10] Griffith went on to play basketball for the Columbia Lions women's basketball team from 2003 to 2007, captaining the team for three seasons and earning All-Ivy honors in 2006 and 2007.[11] She scored a total of 1,061 career points, making her one of 12 Lions to score more than 1,000 points in her career.[12] [13] She majored in economics and was a two-time Academic All-Ivy selection.[14]
After graduation, Griffith played professional basketball in Europe from 2007 to 2010. She was a member of the FoA Nice Basketball team in Forssa, Finland and was named MVP at the end of the 2007–08 season.[15] She played for Espoo from 2008 to 2009 and led the team to the National Finnish Championship and the Finnish Cup Championship titles.[16] During the 2009–10 season, she played for the Celeritas-Donar basketball team in Groningen, Netherlands.[17]
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| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-04 | Columbia | 23 | 60 | 29.6% | 33.3% | 77.4% | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.5 | - | 2.6 | |
| 2004-05 | Columbia | 27 | 213 | 38.7% | 34.7% | 83.9% | 2.2 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 7.9 | |
| 2005-06 | Columbia | 33 | 410 | 38.7% | 35.7% | 73.5% | 3.0 | 5.5 | 1.7 | - | 15.2 | |
| 2006-07 | Columbia | 28 | 378 | 36.0% | 28.9% | 76.6% | 2.4 | 3.8 | 2.0 | - | 13.5 | |
| Career | 105 | 1061 | 37.1% | 32.3% | 76.6% | 2.2 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 10.1 |