Griswold named Football Strength Coach/Assistant AD

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From SMUMustangs.com:

Griswold Named Head Football Strength Coach/Assistant A.D. For Human Performance

DALLAS (SMU) – Head Coach Rhett Lashlee has announced the hiring of Shawn Griswold as Head Football Strength Coach/Assistant A.D. for Human Performance.

Griswold arrives on the Hilltop after four seasons at Virginia, where he served as the Director of Football Development and Performance. He helped the Cavaliers to three bowl appearances, including the 2018 Belk Bowl Championship, and the ACC Coastal Division title in 2019.

Prior to his time at Virginia, Griswold served as Head Coach for Sports Performance at Arizona State from 2012-17 and was the Director of Strength and Conditioning at Pittsburgh in 2011 and Tulsa from 2008-10. During that 10-year stretch, he helped teams to eight bowl games and four 10-win seasons. The Sun Devils made five bowl appearances, won the Pac-12 South Division in 2013 and finished No. 12 in the final AP Poll in 2014, while Pitt earned a berth in the BBVA Compass Bowl. The 2008-10 stint at Tulsa was the second for Griswold, who also led strength and conditioning efforts for the Golden Hurricane from 2004-06. TU earned four bowl berths in that time and won the 2005 Conference USA Championship. In 2007, Griswold was Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach at Louisville. Griswold spent five years as Head Strength and Conditioning Coordinator at his alma mater, Utah State, where he oversaw athletic development for 16 varsity sports and worked with football, basketball and volleyball.

Griswold was a four-year letterwinner at tight end for the Aggies from 1992-95. He earned his bachelor's in exercise science in 1996 and went on to earn a master of science degree in 1998. His coaching career began as a graduate assistant for the Aggies before he was promoted to Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach.