Bridgette Griffin is in her first season as women’s basketball assistant coach. Griffin is making the transition to Great Bend from the west coast after serving as assistant at College of Marin (2019-2020) where she helped shape and develop a new program and culture.

Entering the basketball coaching ranks at Green Mountain High School in Denver, Colorado, Griffin assisted the varsity girls into the state tournament’s Sweet 16 and a 17-6 regular season record. During this time, Griffin also assisted at nearby NCAA DII institutions, Metropolitan State helping the 2017-18 team to a 23-9 round and the second round of the NCAA DII tournament, followed by a short stint at Colorado Christian University for the 2018-19 season.

Griffin received her Business Administration bachelor’s degree and dual minor (Sports Recreation Management and Marketing) from Ashford University in 2016. A three-sport athlete, Griffin helped contribute to a 24-7 record and the 2015 NAIA Division II Basketball Championship while earning accolades in an Academic All-Conference selection, awarded the NAIA Champion of Character, and Ashford’s 2016 Inspirational Athlete of the Year recipient.

A native of East Moline, Illinois, Griffin competed collegiately her first two years at Black Hawk College in the NJCAA Arrowhead Conference.