Justin Griffith is in his first season as associate head coach and his fifth season as a member of the Presbyterian Blue Hose coaching staff.
Griffith, during his 14-year college coaching career, which has included stops at Presbyterian, North Carolina Wesleyan, Lander, Mount Olive, and Winston-Salem State, has coached and recruited four All-Americans, five All-Region players, 31 All-Conference Players, four Conference Defensive Players of the Year, two Conference Players of the Year, and one Conference Freshman of the Year.
In his four seasons at Presbyterian, the Blue Hose have earned two postseason tournament berths with back-to-back trips to the CBI (2024, 2025). He has coached and recruited six All-Big South selections and three Big South All-Freshman team honorees. Jaylen Peterson was named Big South Defensive Player of the Year in 2026, which is the first time a Presbyterian player has ever earned that award. The Blue Hose also began the 2023-24 season with a road victory at SEC foe Vanderbilt. In the 2024-25 season, the Blue Hose recorded seven Big South Conference wins, which is tied for the fourth most Big South wins in school history. Presbyterian earned the fifth seed in the Big South Tournament, which was the highest Big South Tournament seed in the program’s history. In the 2025-26 season, Presbyterian also recorded seven Big South Conference wins, while advancing to the Big South Tournament semifinals for the first time in school history. In the 2025-26 season, the Blue Hose won 10 games at the Templeton Center, which was the second-most home wins in Presbyterian’s DI era. In 2025, Presbyterian was recognized for its hard work in the classroom by earning the NABC Team Academic Excellence Award for the first time in school history
Before coming to PC, Griffith spent two years as an assistant coach at his alma mater, North Carolina Wesleyan College.
In Griffith’s two seasons as an assistant coach at North Carolina Wesleyan, he helped guide the Battling Bishops to a 20-11 record, which included a 19-2 home record. In the 2020-21 season, the Bishops won the USA South Athletic Conference East Division title and reached a national ranking of 15th.
Before his time at North Carolina Wesleyan, Griffith spent the 2019-20 season as an assistant coach at Lander University. In that season, he helped lead the Bearcats to a 23-8 overall record, a Peach Belt Conference Tournament Championship, and a berth in the NCAA tournament.
Griffith began his coaching career at the University of Mount Olive in 2012. During his six seasons at Mount Olive, the Trojans won the 2014 Conference Carolinas Championship while finishing in the top four in the conference five of his six seasons. At Mount Olive, he coached and recruited three league defensive players of the year, one conference player of the year, and numerous all-conference players.
In the 2013-14 season, Griffith left Mount Olive for one season to be on the coaching staff at Winston-Salem State. He would return to Mount Olive for the 2014-15 season. In his one season at Winston-Salem State, he helped guide the Rams to a 19-7 record, which included the CIAA South Division regular-season title and a trip to the CIAA championship game.
The Winston-Salem, North Carolina native graduated in 2012 with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from North Carolina Wesleyan. During his playing career at North Carolina Wesleyan, he was a two-year team captain who helped the Bishops capture three USA South Conference Championships. In 2020, Griffith graduated with a Master’s degree in Athletic Administration from Coker University.
Griffith and his wife Juannette, are the parents of two daughters: Zoe and Kalani.
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