| Brooklyn Nets | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant coach |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | Lake Oswego, Oregon, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 223 lb (101 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Lake Oswego (Lake Oswego, Oregon) |
| College |
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| Position | Small forward |
| Coaching career | 2021–present |
| Career history | |
Coaching | |
| 2021–2022 | Denver Nuggets (assistant VC) |
| 2022–2024 | Denver Nuggets (VC/player development) |
| 2024–present | Brooklyn Nets (assistant) |
Connor Griffin is an American professionalbasketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for theBrooklyn Nets of theNational Basketball Association (NBA).
Griffin attendedLake Oswego High School, playing bothfootball and basketball.
In college, Griffin would end up playing both football and basketball.
From 2013 to 2015, Griffin elected to playcollege basketball for theGonzaga Bulldogs, despite receiving scholarship offers to play football. At Gonzaga, Griffin won two conference titles.[1]
From 2015 to 2016, Griffin was a member of theWashington Huskies, playingcollege football as atight end.[2] While with the Huskies football program, he helped the team win the2016 Pac-12 championship and earn a spot in the College Football Playoff.
Griffin later transferred again for the 2017–18 season, electing to play basketball at theNAIA level forVanguard University.[3]
Griffin began his coaching career in the collegiate ranks, first starting atPepperdine University as a graduate manager for the men's basketball team from 2018 to 2020 and then serving as video coordinator for both men's and women's basketball programs from 2020 to 2021.[4]
In 2021, Griffin earned his first position coaching in the NBA. Griffin spent three seasons from 2021 to 2024 with theDenver Nuggets, spending the 2021–22 season as an assistant video coordinator and two seasons from 2022 to 2024 as head video coordinator/player development. He was a member of the Nuggets when the team won the2023 NBA Finals and the Nuggets' first NBA championship.[5][6]
On May 31, 2024, theBrooklyn Nets announced that Griffin would be named as an assistant coach under head coachJordi Fernández.[7]
Griffin is a native ofLake Oswego, Oregon.