Girls' Track & Field
2018 Coach of the Year
Jesse Griffin
Lee’s Summit West High School
Lee's Summit,
Missouri Impact Statement
Griffin has coached 11 state team championships, 239 All-State runners and 42 state champions over the course of his career.
Biography
This past spring, Griffin led LSW to its third straight team state championship. Griffin’s squad captured two gold medals at the state meet. Griffin has also won state Missouri cross country championships as the head coach of the girls’ teams at Lee’s Summit West and Raystown.
In 2017, Griffin was named Coach of the Year by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches’ Association.
Griffin was inducted into the Missouri Track and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2021. He has coached 239 All-State runners and 42 state champions. Additionally, he’s led his team’s to 11 state championships.
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