Lorenzo Griffin enters his third season as an assistant coach with the Cal Poly Pomona women's basketball program in 2025-26.
Since joining the coaching staff, Griffin has been instrumental in the Broncos' sustained success, helping lead the team to an impressive 45-16 record (.738 winning percentage) over the past two seasons. Under his guidance, Cal Poly Pomona has earned NCAA Tournament berths in each of his seasons on staff, continuing the program's tradition of excellence.
Griffin made the short, merely-four-mile trip south from the University of La Verne, where he was a graduate assistant on head coach Richard Reed’s men’s staff for 2021-23. The Leopards are members of the NCAA Division III and the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC).
Griffin’s responsibilities at La Verne included individual skill development, recruiting, scouting reports, film editing, fundraising, coordination of pregame on-court workouts, travel, camps, and the team’s social media, among others.
Apart from his coaching duties with the Leopards, Griffin completed his Master of Science in Leadership and Management (MSLM) last December from La Verne, with a concentration in organizational development. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Business Marketing from Waldorf University in Forest City, Iowa, in May of 2010. Griffin averaged 8.7 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game as a senior for the Warriors while shooting 90 percent from the free throw line, second nationally in the NAIA Division II.
For nine years prior to his arrival at La Verne, Griffin was a professional player and youth coach in Germany, taking the court for TSV Wasserburg (2012-19) and TV Traunstein Chiemgau Baskets (2019-21). He averaged 23.4 points, 6.4 assists and 4.6 rebounds per game during his time in Germany, with his 3,851 points a club record for TSV Wasserburg in the Bayernliga. A two-time Bayernliga/Oberliga All-Star in 2018 and 2019, Griffin won five Bayernliga South Division scoring titles (2014-19). He has played elsewhere all across Europe in showcase events in Croatia, the Czech Republic, Moldova and Romania.
Griffin’s coaching experience while abroad involved boy’s and girl’s teams ranging between the ages of eight and 20. His squads won multiple league championships at various age levels from 2013-19.
“Coach Zo” is a Riverside product and 2005 graduate of Riverside Poly High School. He enjoys spending time with family and traveling.
