Griff Aldrich

Griff Aldrich
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Longwood
Conference Big South
Record 0–0
Playing career
1992–1996 Hampden–Sydney
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999–2000 Hampden–Sydney (assistant)
2018–present Longwood
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2016–2018 UMBC (dir. of recruiting)
Head coaching record
Overall 0–0

Scott Griffith "Griff" Aldrich[1] is an American college basketball coach and lawyer. He is the current head coach of the Longwood Lancers men's basketball team.[2][3]

Playing career

Aldrich played at Hampden–Sydney under Tony Shaver, where he was team captain his senior year and a part of two NCAA Tournament squads for the Tigers.[4][5]

Coaching career

After graduation from the University of Virginia School of Law, Aldrich returned to Hampden–Sydney for the 1999–2000 season as an assistant coach, where he assisted in the Tigers' perfect 24-0 regular season, and No. 1 national ranking in Division III.

Aldrich then entered the private sector for 16 years, while also coaching AAU basketball in the Houston, Texas area. Among the players Aldrich coached in AAU include DeAndre Jordan and Orie Lemon.[3] He returned to college coaching in 2016, joining Hampden–Sydney classmate Ryan Odom's staff at UMBC as the director of basketball operations, and Director of Recruiting/Program Development. Aldrich was part of the Retrievers' historic upset over top-ranked Virginia in the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.

On March 22, 2018, Aldrich was named the ninth head coach in Longwood University program history, replacing Jayson Gee.[2]

Non-coaching career

Aldrich was a partner at Vinson & Elkins law firm, and also was the founder of an oil and gas company in Texas, as well as a managing director and chief financial officer at a private investment firm.[4][3]

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Longwood Lancers (Big South Conference) (2018–present)
2018–19 Longwood 0–00–0
Longwood: 0–0 (–)0–0 (–)
Total:0–0 (–)

References

  1. ↑ "Mr. Scott Griffith 'Griff' Aldrich". State Bar of Texas. May 7, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Longwood Names UMBC's Griff Aldrich Head Men's Basketball Coach -". longwoodlancers.com.
  3. 1 2 3 "Longwood University Lancers". longwoodlancers.com.
  4. 1 2 "UMBC". UMBC.
  5. ↑ "Odom '96 to Coach UMBC in NCAA Tournament Tonight". 16 March 2018.
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