Adrian Griffin

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Adrian Griffin
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Griffin in 2007
Personal information
Born (1974-07-04) July 4, 1974 (age 50)
Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school Wichita East (Wichita, Kansas)
College Seton Hall (1992–1996)
NBA draft 1996: undrafted
Playing career1996–2008
Position Small forward / shooting guard
Number44, 7
Coaching career2008–present
Career history
As player:
1996 Long Island Surf
1996–1998 Connecticut Pride
1998 Atlantic City Seagulls
1998 Roseto
1998–1999Connecticut Pride
1999Atlantic City Seagulls
1999–2001 Boston Celtics
2001–2003 Dallas Mavericks
2003–2004 Houston Rockets
2004–2005 Chicago Bulls
2005–2006 Dallas Mavericks
2006–2008 Chicago Bulls
2008 Seattle SuperSonics
As coach:
2008–2010 Milwaukee Bucks (assistant)
2010–2015 Chicago Bulls (assistant)
2015–2016 Orlando Magic (assistant)
2016–2018 Oklahoma City Thunder (assistant)
2018–2023 Toronto Raptors (assistant)
2023–2024 Milwaukee Bucks
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As assistant coach:

Career NBA statistics
Points 1,919 (4.0 ppg)
Rebounds 1,512 (3.2 rpg)
Assists 653 (1.4 apg)
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Stats at Basketball Reference   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
FIBA Americas Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1997 Montevideo Team competition

Adrian Darnell Griffin Sr. (born July 4, 1974) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who most recently served as the head coach for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played in the NBA as a shooting guard and small forward from 1999 to 2008. Griffin grew up in Wichita, Kansas, and played college basketball for the Seton Hall Pirates.

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Controversy

In August 2020, Griffin was publicly accused of domestic abuse by his former wife, Audrey Sterling. [1] The Raptors did not take any action against Griffin or conduct any investigation in regards to the allegations. [2] [3] [4] Griffin filed a defamation suit against Sterling in 2021, which was settled in 2022. [5] [6]

College career

Griffin attended Seton Hall University and was a three-year starter. As a senior, he averaged 16.2 points, 8.3 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game, and won All-Big East second team honors. In 2010, Griffin was inducted into the Seton Hall Athletics Hall of Fame. [7]

Professional career

Griffin was not selected in the 1996 NBA draft. He spent the first three years of his career in the American minor leagues and in Italy (playing 8 games for Cordivari Roseto from July to October 1998). Griffin was selected to the All-Rookie First Team in 1997 while playing for the Connecticut Pride of the Continental Basketball Association. [8] He was selected to the All-CBA First Team and All-Defensive Team with the Pride in 1998. [8] Griffin led the Pride to the CBA championship in the 1998–99 season as he was named the Finals Most Valuable Player. [8] He was also selected as the CBA Most Valuable Player and earned All-CBA First Team and All-Defensive Team honors. [8]

Griffin began his National Basketball Association (NBA) career in 1999–2000 with the Boston Celtics. As a rookie, his averages were 7 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.61 steals per game.

Over six seasons, he played for the Boston Celtics, Dallas Mavericks, Houston Rockets and Chicago Bulls, averaging 4.4 points, 3.3 rebounds and one steal per game. A career highlight was becoming a starter for the Dallas Mavericks in the 2006 NBA Finals.

After one season with the Mavericks, Griffin signed a three-year deal with the Chicago Bulls on July 17, 2006. [9]

On February 21, 2008, Griffin was traded to the Seattle SuperSonics in an 11-player deal that involved players from the Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers, and the SuperSonics.

On August 13, 2008, Griffin was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks in a three-team, six-player deal involving the Bucks, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Oklahoma City Thunder that also sent Milwaukee's Mo Williams to Cleveland, Cleveland's Joe Smith and Milwaukee's Desmond Mason to Oklahoma City, and Cleveland's Damon Jones and Oklahoma City's Luke Ridnour to Milwaukee. [10]

Coaching career

Assistant coach (2008–2023)

Shortly after his playing career ended, he was hired by Milwaukee Bucks head coach Scott Skiles as an assistant, where he would work for the next two seasons.

On September 8, 2010, he became an assistant coach for the Chicago Bulls under Tom Thibodeau, where he coached for five years. [11]

Along with working in the NBA, in 2014, Griffin accepted the offer to work with the USA coaching staff that helped win the gold medal in the 2014 FIBA World Cup. This team featured many NBA stars including: Stephen Curry, James Harden, and Kyrie Irving.

On June 26, 2015, he was hired by the Orlando Magic to be their top assistant coach. [12]

On July 1, 2016, Griffin was hired by the Oklahoma City Thunder as an assistant coach. [13]

On July 25, 2018, Griffin was hired by the Toronto Raptors as an assistant coach. [14] Griffin was an instrumental piece of the Raptors 2019 championship run,[ citation needed ] where they defeated the Golden State Warriors in 6 games of the 2019 NBA Finals, yielding Griffin his first championship ring. On April 10, 2022, Griffin served as the acting head coach for the Raptors' final game of the 2021–22 regular season against the Knicks. [15]

Milwaukee Bucks (2023–2024)

On June 5, 2023, Griffin was named head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks. [16] Griffin was fired on January 23, 2024. [17] The team was 30–13 and in second place in the Eastern Conference at the time, though their wins had not been resounding. [18] After his firing, the Bucks went 5–8 in their last 13 games before the 2024 NBA All-Star break began on February 16. [19] With Milwaukee owning the second-best record in the Eastern Conference and the top-seeded Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla having coached in the 2023 NBA All Star Game the year prior, the Bucks’ coaching staff was named as the unit to coach in the 2024 game, however due to Griffin's termination, newly appointed Bucks head coach Doc Rivers instead coached the Eastern Conference All-Stars in the contest. A few weeks prior to the game, Rivers said he would award his All Star ring and bonus check to Griffin. [20]

Personal life

Griffin is a Christian. [21] His father worked for Boeing in Wichita, Kansas, while also working as a pastor in a local church. [22]

Griffin completed his bachelor's and master's degrees from Seton Hall. [23] He earned his Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership at Concordia University Chicago in January 2022. His doctoral dissertation was titled "How Active NBA Assistant Coaches Experience Stress, Stressors, Coping Strategies, and Interventions in a Competitive Sports Environment." [24] [25]

Griffin married Audrey Sterling in 1996. Together, they had four children - two boys and two girls. Griffin and Audrey divorced in 2016. [26] Griffin went on to marry a second time, to his current wife, Kathy in 2016. [27] [28]

Griffin's son Adrian Jr. was a McDonald's All-American and five-star recruit in the class of 2021 and was drafted 16th overall to the Atlanta Hawks in 2022. Griffin's other son, Alan, played his first two college seasons at Illinois before transferring to Syracuse his junior season. He last played for the Milwaukee Bucks on a summer league contract. [29] His daughter, Aubrey, was also McDonald's All-American and five-star recruit in the class of 2019 and currently plays for UConn. [30]

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1999–00 Boston 724726.8.424.281.7535.22.51.6.26.7
2000–01 Boston 4408.6.340.346.7502.0.6.4.12.1
2001–02 Dallas 583423.8.499.296.8373.91.81.3.27.2
2002–03 Dallas 744818.6.433.250.8443.61.41.0.14.4
2003–04 Houston 1917.0.278.500.0001.0.5.4.1.6
2004–05 Chicago 6919.7.360.222.7502.1.8.6.12.2
2005–06 Dallas 524523.9.480.000.7744.41.71.0.24.6
2006–07 Chicago 54110.8.473.000.7892.01.1.6.12.5
2007–08 Chicago 22210.1.400.000.4291.71.0.6.12.3
Seattle 1306.5.375.0001.0001.7.4.4.11.1
Career47717916.8.438.278.7633.21.4.9.14.0

Playoffs

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2002 Dallas 4114.3.588.000.0002.31.0.5.25.0
2003 Dallas 1528.7.415.3331.0002.9.5.3.02.5
2005 Chicago 5017.2.517.000.8004.01.81.0.06.8
2006 Dallas 20817.5.542.000.8753.61.2.8.13.6
2007 Chicago 402.3.000.000.000.3.0.2.0.0
Career481113.2.487.200.7653.0.9.6.13.4

Head coaching record

NBA

Legend
Regular seasonGGames coachedWGames wonLGames lostW–L %Win–loss %
PlayoffsPGPlayoff gamesPWPlayoff winsPLPlayoff lossesPW–L %Playoff win–loss %
TeamYearGWLW–L%FinishPGPWPLPW–L%Result
Milwaukee 2023–24 433013.698(fired)—————
Career433013.698 ————

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