Matt Griffin - Men's Basketball Coach - Bucknell University Athletics

Matt Griffin

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
mg067@bucknell.edu
Phone:
570-577-3078

Matt Griffin joined the Bucknell men's basketball staff in 2023-24, arriving after spending the previous season as an assistant coach under Pat Chambers at Florida Gulf Coast.

Griffin helped the Bison to a T-2nd finish in the Patriot League in his first year in Lewisburg. After finishing 10-8 in league play, the Bison won a Patriot League Tournament quarterfinal game on the road at American and then took three-time defending champion Colgate to the final buzzer in a three-point loss in the semifinals.

Griffin, who is head coach John Griffin’s younger brother, entered the collegiate coaching ranks in 2021-22 as an assistant at UAlbany, following a very successful five-year stint as head coach at Roman Catholic High School in Philadelphia. During that span, his teams compiled a 96-29 record and made four consecutive appearances in the Philadelphia Catholic League championship, including wins in 2018 and 2019. Three of his teams were ranked in the MaxPreps national top-25, and 13 of his players went on to play college basketball.

Griffin was named the USA TODAY Coach of the Year in the state of Pennsylvania in 2018, and that season he also earned Coach of the Year honors from the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Scholastic, and PIAA Class 6A.

In addition to his coaching duties, Griffin served as director of athletics during his last two years at Roman Catholic, and he spent five seasons as the president of the Philadelphia Catholic League Coaches Association. From 2019-21, he also served as a coach with the U16, U17, and U18 USA Basketball Junior National Teams.

Griffin’s collegiate playing career started at Rider, where he was elected team captain as a sophomore in 2008-09. He transferred to Boston University prior to his junior year and was a team captain in both of his seasons with the Terriers. He led the America East Conference in 3-point field goal percentage (.458) as a junior while helping the Terriers to a league title and an NCAA Tournament appearance. Griffin was twice awarded the team’s Reggie Stewart Award for dedication and commitment to Boston University basketball, and he also received the John Simpson Award for enthusiastic senior leadership among all Terriers athletics programs.

After graduating from Boston University in 2012, Griffin was a mathematics teacher in the Teach for America Corps in New Bedford, Mass. He earned his master’s degree from the Boston University School of Education and is a PhD candidate in educational policy and leadership at UAlbany.