Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Athletics

FIRST SEASON: 1984-85

CAREER RECORD AT RENSSELAER: 292-288

EDUCATION:
Columbia University, 1965

INDIVIDUAL HONORS & AWARDS:
Three-time League Coach of the Year (1989-90, 1990-91 & 1998-99)
Three-time Marvin H. Anderson recipient

TEAM’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
League Regular Season Championship titles: 4 (1989-90, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1995-96)
League Tournament Championship appearances (began in 1999-00): 5 (1999-00, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2003-04 & 2005-06)
ECAC Tournament Appearances: 9
(1987-88, 1989-90, 1991-92, 1994-95, 1998-99, 1999-00, 2000-01, 2003-04 & 2006-07)
NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2 (1990-91 & 1995-96*)
* - Team advanced to the Sweet Sixteen Round

STUDENT-ATHLETE’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

NCAA Division III Men’s All-Americans:
Tom Ronan ’92 – Third Team – (1990-91)

League Players of the Year: 4
Aaron Bedard ’91 – (1989-90)
Tom Ronan ’92 – (1990-91)
Tom Ronan ’92 – (1991-92)
Tom Schneider ’06 – (2005-06)

League Rookie of the Year: 2
Rob Roesch ’88 – (1984-85)
Alex Dowlin ’00 – (1996-97)

All-League selections: 37
Mike Giannaccini ’86 – First Team (1984-85)
Dave MacDonald ’88 – Second Team (1986-87)
Rob Helmer ’89 – Honorable Mention (1987-88)
Rob Helmer ’89 – First Team (1988-89)
Aaron Bedard ’91 – Second Team (1988-89)
Tom Ronan ’92 – First Team (1989-90)
Eric Leak ’90 – Second Team (1989-90)
Tom Ronan ’92 – First Team (1990-91)
Aaron Bedard ’91 – First Team (1990-91)
Tom Ronan ’92 – First Team (1991-92)
Mike Comerford ’93 – Second Team (1991-92)
Pat Doyle ’92 – Honorable Mention (1991-92)
Mike Comerford ’93 – First Team (1992-93)
Erik Whalen ’93 – Honorable Mention (1992-93)
Mauro Oliva ’94 – Honorable Mention (1993-94)
Tim DeGregory ’96 – First Team (1995-96)
Chuck Guest ’96 – First Team (1995-96)
Matt Rooney ’96 – Honorable Mention (1995-96)
Brett Durham ’96 – Honorable Mention (1995-96)
Alex Dowlin ’00 – Honorable Mention (1997-98)
Alex Dowlin ’00 – First Team (1998-99)
Alex Dowlin ’00 – First Team (1999-00)
Adam Laware ’00 – Second Team (1999-00)
Bobby Hurley ’01 – Honorable Mention (1999-00)
Bobby Hurley ’01 – Honorable Mention (2000-01)
Doug Ullrich ’01 – Honorable Mention (2000-01)
Jared Hite ’04 – Second Team (2001-02)
Jared Hite ’04 – Second Team (2002-03)
Jared Hite ’04 – First Team (2003-04)
Paris Moore ’05 – Second Team (2003-04)
Paris Moore ’05 – First Team (2004-05)
John Van Schaick ’05 – Honorable Mention (2004-05)
Tom Schneider ’06 – Honorable Mention (2004-05)
Tom Schneider ’06 – First Team (2005-06)
Neal Wesson ’07 – Second Team (2006-07)
Sam Simmons ’08 – Second Team (2006-07)
Sam Simmons ’08 – First Team (2007-08)

All-ECAC selections: 5
Tom Ronan ’92 – Second Team (1990-91)
Tom Ronan ’92 – Second Team (1991-92)
Alex Dowlin ’00 – First Team (1999-00)
Jared Hite ’04 – First Team (2003-04)
Tom Schneider ’06 – First Team (2005-06)

All-State selections: 1
Mike Comerford ’93 – Second Team (1992-93)

D3Hoops.com All-East Region selections: 3
Mike Comerford ’93 – (1992-93)
Jared Hite ’04 – (2003-04)
Tom Schneider ’06 – (2005-06)

Academic All-District selections: 1
Jeff Erker ’99 – Second Team (1997-98)

NABC All-Star selections: 1
Alex Dowlin ’00 – First Team (1999-00)

MISCELLANEOUS:
Team has been the recipient of four Collegiate Basketball Officials Association (CBOA) Schoenfeld Sportsmanship Awards during Griffin’s tenure
Three-time Rensselaer Alumni Association Team of the Year
(1989-90, 1990-91 & 1995-96)

AS RENSSELAER’S HEAD WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COACH (1994-95):

CAREER RECORD: 14-11

TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Appeared in the New York State Tournament 

STUDENT-ATHLETE ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipient: 1
Sue Bator ’95 – (1994-95)

All-ECAC selections: 1
Sue Bator ’95 – First Team (1994-95)

AS THE HEAD MEN’S BASKETBALL COACH AT COLGATE (1976-82):

STUDENT-ATHLETE ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

National All-America by The Sporting News: 2
Mike Ferrara – Honorable Mention (1980)
Mike Ferrara – Honorable Mention (1981)

ECAC North Atlantic Conference Player of the Year: 1
Mike Ferrara – (1981)

NBA Draftees: 1
Mike Ferrara - Third round - Washington Bullets in the 1981 NBA draft.

AS A PLAYER:
Earned three varsity letters
Finished second in the Ivy League in rebounding as a senior behind Princeton’s Bill Bradley

PERSONAL:
In addition to coaching, he also serves the Institute as an assistant athletic director. In this role he is the home football game administrator and the staff advisor for the student-athlete advisory board. He also sets the schedule for the basketball programs, acts as the liaison with admissions for recruits, coordinates outside awards for the department’s staff and handles NCAA drug testing consent for each of Rensselaer’s 23 intercollegiate varsity programs.