Joe Griffin

Family Man, Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach & Adjunct Faculty @ Elmhurst University; 20-year men’s basketball coach at the NCAA D1, D2, D3, and NAIA levels.

[Phoenix Suns @Suns]

Praise from some of the league's best coaches ☄️

[Nicole Auerbach @NicoleAuerbach]

With the success of Curt Cignetti, Ben McCollum, etc., you’d think athletic directors would look for the coaches finding great success at the lower levels of college sports …

[Joe Griffin @JoeGriff35]

Rookie coach who deserves Coach of the Year with the hardest-playing team in the NBA, assessed from last year’s COY. Reminder to amateur players that effort is a skill to be improved on as much as shooting, passing, handles, defense etc.

[Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin]

"Jordan has done an amazing job. I said it in Cleveland, I'll say it again, I think they're the hardest playing team in the league."

Cavs coach Kenny Atkinson about the Suns under Jordan Ott, who was his assistant last season. #Suns

[Joe Griffin @JoeGriff35]

The first of hundreds of NBA wins !!

[Phoenix Suns @Suns]

Locker room hype for Coach's first win‼️

[Savanah Tujague @savanah2j]

This is one of the best videos I’ve ever seen.

[Joe Griffin @JoeGriff35]

I really like the philosophy of Coach Smith’s multiple defenses, summarized by Jagacki nicely. I always thought we should have a defensive “playbook” just as an offense does, where we dictate what our opponent has to do rather than us always react to them. We were proactive defensively, forcing our opponents to constantly play reactively. (Great book for your library too)

[Mike Jagacki @Mike_Jagacki]

Starting a new series: Best Nuggets From Coaching Books 📚

The first one comes from Dean Smith & Bob Spear’s Basketball: Multiple Offense and Defense.

Dean Smith believed: “Defense dictates the game.”

His example was that coaches can’t say, “Tonight we’ll run a zone offense,” because the defense decides whether it’s man or zone. But a defense can say, “Tonight we’ll press man-to-man.” Defense takes the initiative.

Several years ago, one page in particular in this book flipped my stubborn view on multiple defenses. Smith compared defenses to a pitcher’s repertoire — no one survives with just one fastball. Great pitchers change speeds, change angles, keep hitters off balance. Dean believed defenses should work the same way.

If you only have one defense, the offense is in the driver’s seat. They know what’s coming, they can script for it, and eventually they’ll find cracks. But when you have multiple defenses, and you control when and how to use them, you stay in the driver’s seat. You dictate the terms of the game.

That one idea changed how I thought about schemes, scouting, and preparation. We don't have 16 different defenses like Dean Smith, but we certainly adjust and change a lot more than I used to - flexibility dictates.

[Joe Griffin @JoeGriff35]

Incredible insight here: relevant to all levels of college beyond only NCAA D1. Players/parents: Your coaches may be some of the best educators you’ll ever have.

[Danny Kanell @dannykanell]

Every player and every parent of a college athlete needs to listen to this!!! Securing the bag is one thing but life lessons are priceless !!

[Joe Griffin @JoeGriff35]

JJ got a little better today with my former player Coach Boyd, a great skills coach !

[Adam DeMong @AdamDeMong]

The NCAA Live Period for 🏀 just wrapped up and here are some honest takeaways for players and families navigating this wild world of grassroots basketball and college recruiting. 🧵👇

[Joe Griffin @JoeGriff35]

Great dude who will be a great coach !

[Chris Solari @chrissolari]

Goran Suton returns to Michigan State basketball as graduate assistant https://t.co/99YcvgEd0H

[Joe Griffin @JoeGriff35]

Interesting, brief conversation from two great players about the benefit of full practices during the season:

[Podcast P with Paul George @PodcastPShow]

The rise in Achilles injuries in the NBA might be a result of this 👀

Paul Pierce: “KG made an interesting point … ‘They don’t practice no more.’”

[Steve Parham @coachSPham]

First I would like to announce that my schedule this weekend. I will be attending @MikeReingruber Riverside Brookfield Live Period. But I would also ask that all schools have Rosters with correct jersey # info. It sounds so easy to do but many times its never accomplished

[Joe Griffin @JoeGriff35]

Big time !

[Lewis Athletics ✈️ @LewisFlyers]

Lewis Athletics has the highest average finish in the Learfield Directors' Cup among DI and DII schools in Illinois since 2014 https://t.co/00p0OO4w68

[The Coaching Portfolio @coachportfolio]

Common theme among the 20 plus kids I've talked to in the portal....
They want to be coached hard.
They want to be held accountable.
They want coaches who are going to care about them, believe in them, and have a close relationship with them off the field.

[Joe Griffin @JoeGriff35]

Congrats Levi, and good job in HUPR 201 this semester !

[Lewis Athletics ✈️ @LewisFlyers]

Congratulations to @LewisMTandF Levi Graham, who finished in second place at the @NCAADII Outdoor Championships in the Men's Hammer Throw while also recording a personal best!

#FlyAsOne

[Lewis Athletics ✈️ @LewisFlyers]

And we goin’ back-to-back-to-back! For the third straight year, the @LewisFlyers win the @GLVCsports Commissioner’s Cup!

#FlyAsOne

[Lewis Athletics ✈️ @LewisFlyers]

🚨 @LewisFlyers Ranks Fifth in Winter @LDirectorsCup Standings 🚨

Read all about it here: https://t.co/wGpjWh7Q42

#FlyAsOne

[Lewis Athletics ✈️ @LewisFlyers]

March is National Athletic Training Month and we want to take the time to thank all of our athletic trainers for all their contributions with @LewisFlyers and keeping our athletes healthy! We appreciate all the hard work you do for all the student athletes at @LewisUniversity !

#FlyAsOne