| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Southwestern (KS) |
| Conference | KCAC |
| Record | 73–47 |
| Playing career | |
| 1996–1997 | Hutchinson |
| 1999–2000 | Emporia State |
| Position | 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 | 73–47 |
| Tournaments | 1–3 (NAIA playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 KCAC (2021–2022) 1 KCAC Kessinger Division (2024) | |
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# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 (Kessinger) | |||||
| 2024 | Southwestern | 11–2 | 4–1 | T–1st (Kessinger) | L NAIA First Round | 13 | |||
| 2025 | Southwestern | 8–3 | 3–2 | T–2nd (Bissell) | 21 | ||||
| Southwestern: | 73–47 | 52–37 | |||||||
| Total: | 73–47 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||