Current position | |
---|---|
Title | Head coach |
Team | Southwestern (KS) |
Conference | KCAC |
Record | 62–43 |
Playing career | |
1996–1997 | Hutchinson |
1999–2000 | Emporia State |
Position(s) | Running back |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2001–2002 | Emporia State (GA) |
2003 | Emporia State (assistant) |
2004–2014 | William Penn (DC/LB) |
2015–present | Southwestern (KS) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 62–43 |
Tournaments | 0–2 (NAIA playoffs) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
2 KCAC (2021–2022) | |
Brad Griffin is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Southwestern College, a position he has held since 2015. Prior to his appointment, he was defensive coordinator at William Penn University in Oskaloosa, Iowa. [1] He is the 28th head football coach in Southwestern's 111-year history of football. [2]
Griffin graduated from Nickerson High School in Nickerson, Kansas in 1996. He started his college football career at Hutchinson Community College and continued at Emporia State University, where he was a two-year starter and team captain under Southwestern alumnus and former University of Minnesota head football coach Jerry Kill. [2]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NAIA# | |||
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Southwestern Moundbuilders (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference)(2015–present) | |||||||||
2015 | Southwestern | 3–8 | 3–6 | T–5th | |||||
2016 | Southwestern | 2–8 | 2–7 | 8th | |||||
2017 | Southwestern | 5–6 | 5–4 | 4th | |||||
2018 | Southwestern | 6–5 | 5–5 | 5th | |||||
2019 | Southwestern | 5–6 | 5–5 | T–5th | |||||
2020–21 | Southwestern | 7–2 | 5–2 | T–3rd | 24 | ||||
2021 | Southwestern | 9–2 | 9–1 | T–1st | L NAIA First Round | 14 | |||
2022 | Southwestern | 9–2 | 9–1 | T–1st | L NAIA First Round | 10 | |||
2023 | Southwestern | 8–3 | 2–3 | 4th (Kissinger) | |||||
2024 | Southwestern | 8–1 | 2–1 | (Kissinger) | |||||
Southwestern: | 62–43 | 47–35 | |||||||
Total: | 62–43 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
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