Northwestern Oklahoma State University

Tommy Griffin, who attended Northwestern from 1968-1970, was a two-sport athlete for the Rangers. He was an all-conference selection in 1970, but averaged a double-double both years while playing center for the Ranger basketball team. Griffin also competed in numerous track events including javelin, pole vault, discus and high jump.
 
After graduating from Northwestern in 1970 with a bachelor’s degree in health and physical education, Griffin took his first job as a boy’s assistant basketball coach at Classen High School. He remained the assistant for four years, before taking over the team in 1974 and coaching them for 15 years. While at Classen, Griffin won two state championships, including the 3A title in 1975 and the 4A title in 1980.
 
Griffin spent from 1985-88 as the high school football coach at Douglass High School, before moving to John Marshall High School from 1988-2001. At John Marshall, he was the boy’s basketball assistant coach during his first season and was later promoted to head coach for 12 years. He was a five-time All City Athletic Conference Coach of the Year, two-time Region 8 Coach of the Year and won the 5A state championship in 1996 and 2000.
In 2001, Griffin took over as the boy’s assistant coach at Oklahoma Christian School for two seasons and then stepped into the role of head coach in 2003. During the 2004 season, Griffin won the 3A state title while going undefeated and with both of his sons on the team. In 2005, he repeated the 3A crown and won back-to-back titles in his first two seasons at Oklahoma Christian School. 
 
Before the 2005-2006 basketball season, in his 29 years as a head coach, Griffin has won six state championships and has posted a 456-203 overall record.
Griffin lives in Oklahoma City with his wife Gail. They have two sons, Taylor and Blake.