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March 10, 2008

Griffin joining URI football staff

Bob Griffin, football coach at the University of Rhode Island from 1976 through 1992 and designer of the famed "Ehr Force" passing attack of the 1984-85 championship seasons, is returning to the Rams sideline as tight ends coach and special assistant to head coach Darren Rizzi. Rizzi played for Griffin for four years and was a two-time All-America tight end.

Griffin's 17-year record was 79-107-1. His best teams were the 1984 and 1985 clubs that were 10-3 and Yankee Conference champion each year and featured the passing of quarterback Tom Ehrhardt and the receiving of tight ends Brian Forster and Tony DiMaggio and wide receiver Dameon Reilly.

Griffin was fired after the 1992 season and had little or nothing to do with URI for more than a decade. He was inducted into the URI Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996 and returned in 2005 when the '84 and '85 teams were inducted into the Hall of Fame.

After leaving URI, Griffin coached professional football in Germany and returned to the U.S. to coach at Syracuse and at Holy Cross, where he was the offensive coordinator. He mentored Chris Pincince, who succeeded him upon his retirement from the Holy Cross staff and who is Rizzi's offensive coordinator at URI.

-- Mike Szostak

Posted by Mike Szostak  at 6:48 PM to College Sports | Permalink

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