Kendall Griffin - Women's Golf Coach - Indiana University Athletics

Kendall Griffin

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
kenlgrif@iu.edu
Phone:
(812) 855-8024

Indiana women’s golf head coach Brian May named Kendall Griffin the program's assistant coach on June 29, 2022. The 2024-25 season will be Griffin's third in Bloomington.

In a remarkable turnaround during the 2023-24 season, Griffin helped head coach Brian May lead the Hoosiers to the program’s first Big Ten Championship in over 30 seasons after the team erased an 11-shot deficit in the final round of play. Fifth-year senior Caroline Craig captured Big Ten medalist honors to become the 11th player to win the individual honor at the league championship match. Craig shot a 209 (69-69-71; -7), the lowest score in program history at the Big Ten Championship to become the first IU winner in 20 seasons. Redshirt junior Caroline Smith was named to the Big Ten All-Tournament Team after she tied for fourth at 211 (73-71-67; -5). The Hoosiers advanced to the NCAA East Lansing Regional to mark the first NCAA postseason tournament for the program since 2019. In total, Indiana ranked inside the top-5 of four tournaments.

In her first season with the Hoosiers, Griffin helped head coach Brian May oversee steady improvement from the team throughout the 2022-23 campaign. IU finished with five top-10 team finishes, including season-best places of sixth at both the Olde Stone Intercollegiate (Oct. 24-25) and the Reynolds Laker Occonee Invitational (Feb. 17-19). Graduate transfer Alexis Florio broke a pair of school records with her performance at the Evie Odom Invitational (Sept. 30-Oct. 2). She lowered the program standard for a three-round tournament (205) and a single round (64). Indiana tied for 12th at the Big Ten Tournament, marking the team’s best finish since the runner-up campaign in 2019.

She also competed in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur in April of 2023.

Griffin wrapped up her five-year collegiate career at the University of Louisville during the 2021-22 season. As a graduate transfer from LSU, Griffin was the one of two players to compete in all 30 rounds for the Cardinals last season. She posted a team-best average score of 72.86 strokes per round and was named All-ACC first team. She played 13 total rounds at par or better, including a team-best five rounds in the 60s. She was named the Academic All-ACC in her lone season in Louisville.

Prior to joining Louisville as a graduate student, Griffin played four seasons for the LSU Tigers. She complied 104 rounds in Baton Rouge with a stroke average of 75.27 shots per round. She played 24 rounds at par or better while being named WGCA All-American Scholar all four seasons.

In total, Griffin played 134 collegiate rounds with a stroke average of 74.73 with 15 finished inside the top-20, including two in NCAA Regional play.

A native of Sebring, Fla., Griffin played her high school golf at Abeka Academy and finished inside the top-5 at the state tournament in each of her four seasons. She won the 2016 Florida High School Athletic Association Class 2A State Tournament and was named a 2016 AJGA Rolex All-American.

Griffin also claimed victories in the 2019 and 2021 Florida Women’s Amateur events. She graduated from LSU with a marketing degree and will wrap up her master’s degree in sports administration from Louisville in the fall.