Bob Griffin (American football coach)

Bob Griffin
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football
Born	October 22, 1940 Milford, CT
Playing career
1959-1962	Southern Connecticut
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1972–1975	Idaho State
1976–1992	Rhode Island
Head coaching record
Overall	100–127–1
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3× Yankee Conference Champions (1981, 1984–85)
Awards
George C. Carens Award (2012), Yankee Conference Coach of the Year (1984 & 1985), Words Unlimited Coach of the Year (1984 & 1985), New England Coach of the Year (1984 & 1985)

Bob Griffin was the head coach of the Idaho State and Rhode Island Rams football teams. Griffin spent 17 seasons as the head coach of the Rams and is the winningest coach in URI history. He compiled a 100–127–1 overall record. Griffin was born and raised in Milford, CT and graduated from Southern Connecticut State College in 1963, where he played as a quarterback and still holds the record for longest completed pass (87 yards). He has fifty years of coaching experience at the high school, college and professional level. Griffin has three children and seven grandchildren, and currently resides in Narragansett, RI with his wife, Rosanne.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Idaho State Bengals (Big Sky Conference) (1972–1975)
1972	Idaho State	7–3
1973	Idaho State	2–9
1974	Idaho State	5–5
1975	Idaho State	7–3
Rhode Island Rams (Yankee Conference) (1976–1992)
1976	Rhode Island	3–5	2–3	T-3rd
1977	Rhode Island	6–5	4–1	2nd
1978	Rhode Island	7–3	3–2	T-2nd
1979	Rhode Island	1–9–1	1–4	5th
1980	Rhode Island	2–9	0–5	6th
1981	Rhode Island	6–6	4–1	T-1st	L Division I-AA First Round
1982	Rhode Island	7–4	2–3	5th
1983	Rhode Island	6–4	2–3	T-4th
1984	Rhode Island	10–3	4–1	T-1st	L Division I-AA Quarterfinals
1985	Rhode Island	10–3	5–0	1st	L Division I-AA Quarterfinals
1986	Rhode Island	1–10	0–7	8th
1987	Rhode Island	1–10	1–6	8th
1988	Rhode Island	4–7	3–5	T-7th
1989	Rhode Island	3–8	1–7	8th
1990	Rhode Island	5–6	2–6	T-7th
1991	Rhode Island	6–5	3–5	T-4th
1992	Rhode Island	1–10	0–8	9th
Total:		100–127–1
National championship Conference title Conference division title
^†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl. ^#Rankings from final Coaches Poll.

Idaho State Bengals head football coaches

Herbert Cheney (1902–1903)
Charles Rowe (1904)
Hubert Upjohn (1905–1906)
John Morris (1907–1908)
Harvey Holmes (1909–1914)
Reuben Bronson (1915–1916)
J. T. Fogt (1917)
No team (1918)
Reuben Bronson (1919)
Ralph Hutchinson (1920–1927)
Felix Plastino (1928–1934)
Guy Wicks (1935–1940)
John Vesser (1941–1942)
No team (1943)
John Vesser (1944)
No team (1945)
John Vesser (1946–1951)
Babe Caccia (1952–1965)
Leo McKillip (1966–1967)
Ed Cavanaugh (1968–1971)
Bob Griffin (1972–1975)
Joe Pascale (1976)
Bud Hake (1977–1979)
Dave Kragthorpe (1980–1982)
Jim Koetter (1983–1987)
Garth Hall (1988–1991)
Brian McNeely (1992–1996)
Tom Walsh (1997–1998)
Larry Lewis (1999–2006)
John Zamberlin (2007–2010)
Mike Kramer (2011– )

Rhode Island Rams head football coaches

No coach (1895–1897)
Marshall Tyler (1898–1901)
No team (1902)
Marshall Tyler (1903–1908)
George Cobb (1909–1911)
Robert Bingham (1912)
George Cobb (1913–1914)
James A. Baldwin (1915–1916)
Fred Murray (1917)
No team (1918)
Fred Murray (1919)
Frank Keaney (1920–1940)
Bill Beck (1941)
Paul Cieurzo (1942)
No team (1943–1944)
Paul Cieurzo (1945)
Bill Beck (1946–1949)
Hal Kopp (1950)
Ed Doherty (1951)
Hal Kopp (1952–1955)
Herb Maack (1956–1960)
John Chironna (1961–1962)
Jack Zilly (1963–1969)
Jack Gregory (1970–1975)
Bob Griffin (1976–1992)
Floyd Keith (1993–1999)
Tim Stowers (2000–2007)
Darren Rizzi (2008)
Joe Trainer (2009–2013)
Jim Fleming (2014– )

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