John Griffin III

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]