Frank Lee Griffin, '66 Coach of the Year
He won the honor after his basketball team at Dunedin High won the state championship.
By CHRISTINA K. COSDON, Times Staff Writer © St. Petersburg Times published December 31, 2001
DUNEDIN -- Frank Lee Griffin, who in 1966 was Florida's high school Coach of the Year and in 1988 was local Man of the Year, died Friday (Dec. 28, 2001) at his home in Dunedin. He was 75.
A native of Piedmont, Ala., Mr. Griffin moved to Dunedin in 1958 from Lebanon, Tenn., where he had been head coach in basketball and football at Lebanon High School.
He and his wife wanted to move to Florida, and a friend had recommended several communities for them to look at, among them Dunedin. "We came through Dunedin on a Sunday morning when the churches were letting out and decided this was the place for us," recalled Mary Jane Griffin, his wife of 49 years.
Mr. Griffin took a job teaching health and physical education at Dunedin Middle School. A couple of years later, when Dunedin High School was built, he accepted a position as basketball coach and physical education teacher. In 1966, the school won the state basketball championship and Griffin was voted Coach of the Year by the Florida Coaches Association. In his seven years at Dunedin High, the team never had a losing season and won more than 200 games.
From Dunedin High, Mr. Griffin moved to the new Clearwater Comprehensive Middle School to teach health and physical education. He was assistant principal at Oak Grove Middle School in Clearwater for six years and for 13 years was principal at Dunedin Middle School. He retired in 1988. That year, the Dunedin Jaycees named him Man of the Year for his contributions to education in more than 36 years as a teacher, coach and administrator.
During his retirement years, he enjoyed golfing and fishing. Last year he returned to Tennessee for the 54th reunion of his high school class at Oak Ridge High. In recent years, however, diabetes slowed him, Mrs. Griffin said. Although he had a checkup with his doctors last week, Mrs. Griffin said, he died Friday of apparent heart failure.
He won the honor after his basketball team at Dunedin High won the state championship.
By CHRISTINA K. COSDON, Times Staff Writer © St. Petersburg Times published December 31, 2001
DUNEDIN -- Frank Lee Griffin, who in 1966 was Florida's high school Coach of the Year and in 1988 was local Man of the Year, died Friday (Dec. 28, 2001) at his home in Dunedin. He was 75.
A native of Piedmont, Ala., Mr. Griffin moved to Dunedin in 1958 from Lebanon, Tenn., where he had been head coach in basketball and football at Lebanon High School.
He and his wife wanted to move to Florida, and a friend had recommended several communities for them to look at, among them Dunedin. "We came through Dunedin on a Sunday morning when the churches were letting out and decided this was the place for us," recalled Mary Jane Griffin, his wife of 49 years.
Mr. Griffin took a job teaching health and physical education at Dunedin Middle School. A couple of years later, when Dunedin High School was built, he accepted a position as basketball coach and physical education teacher. In 1966, the school won the state basketball championship and Griffin was voted Coach of the Year by the Florida Coaches Association. In his seven years at Dunedin High, the team never had a losing season and won more than 200 games.
From Dunedin High, Mr. Griffin moved to the new Clearwater Comprehensive Middle School to teach health and physical education. He was assistant principal at Oak Grove Middle School in Clearwater for six years and for 13 years was principal at Dunedin Middle School. He retired in 1988. That year, the Dunedin Jaycees named him Man of the Year for his contributions to education in more than 36 years as a teacher, coach and administrator.
During his retirement years, he enjoyed golfing and fishing. Last year he returned to Tennessee for the 54th reunion of his high school class at Oak Ridge High. In recent years, however, diabetes slowed him, Mrs. Griffin said. Although he had a checkup with his doctors last week, Mrs. Griffin said, he died Friday of apparent heart failure.
Frank Lee Griffin, '66 Coach of the Year
He won the honor after his basketball team at Dunedin High won the state championship.
By CHRISTINA K. COSDON, Times Staff Writer © St. Petersburg Times published December 31, 2001
DUNEDIN -- Frank Lee Griffin, who in 1966 was Florida's high school Coach of the Year and in 1988 was local Man of the Year, died Friday (Dec. 28, 2001) at his home in Dunedin. He was 75.
A native of Piedmont, Ala., Mr. Griffin moved to Dunedin in 1958 from Lebanon, Tenn., where he had been head coach in basketball and football at Lebanon High School.
He and his wife wanted to move to Florida, and a friend had recommended several communities for them to look at, among them Dunedin. "We came through Dunedin on a Sunday morning when the churches were letting out and decided this was the place for us," recalled Mary Jane Griffin, his wife of 49 years.
Mr. Griffin took a job teaching health and physical education at Dunedin Middle School. A couple of years later, when Dunedin High School was built, he accepted a position as basketball coach and physical education teacher. In 1966, the school won the state basketball championship and Griffin was voted Coach of the Year by the Florida Coaches Association. In his seven years at Dunedin High, the team never had a losing season and won more than 200 games.
From Dunedin High, Mr. Griffin moved to the new Clearwater Comprehensive Middle School to teach health and physical education. He was assistant principal at Oak Grove Middle School in Clearwater for six years and for 13 years was principal at Dunedin Middle School. He retired in 1988. That year, the Dunedin Jaycees named him Man of the Year for his contributions to education in more than 36 years as a teacher, coach and administrator.
During his retirement years, he enjoyed golfing and fishing. Last year he returned to Tennessee for the 54th reunion of his high school class at Oak Ridge High. In recent years, however, diabetes slowed him, Mrs. Griffin said. Although he had a checkup with his doctors last week, Mrs. Griffin said, he died Friday of apparent heart failure.
He won the honor after his basketball team at Dunedin High won the state championship.
By CHRISTINA K. COSDON, Times Staff Writer © St. Petersburg Times published December 31, 2001
DUNEDIN -- Frank Lee Griffin, who in 1966 was Florida's high school Coach of the Year and in 1988 was local Man of the Year, died Friday (Dec. 28, 2001) at his home in Dunedin. He was 75.
A native of Piedmont, Ala., Mr. Griffin moved to Dunedin in 1958 from Lebanon, Tenn., where he had been head coach in basketball and football at Lebanon High School.
He and his wife wanted to move to Florida, and a friend had recommended several communities for them to look at, among them Dunedin. "We came through Dunedin on a Sunday morning when the churches were letting out and decided this was the place for us," recalled Mary Jane Griffin, his wife of 49 years.
Mr. Griffin took a job teaching health and physical education at Dunedin Middle School. A couple of years later, when Dunedin High School was built, he accepted a position as basketball coach and physical education teacher. In 1966, the school won the state basketball championship and Griffin was voted Coach of the Year by the Florida Coaches Association. In his seven years at Dunedin High, the team never had a losing season and won more than 200 games.
From Dunedin High, Mr. Griffin moved to the new Clearwater Comprehensive Middle School to teach health and physical education. He was assistant principal at Oak Grove Middle School in Clearwater for six years and for 13 years was principal at Dunedin Middle School. He retired in 1988. That year, the Dunedin Jaycees named him Man of the Year for his contributions to education in more than 36 years as a teacher, coach and administrator.
During his retirement years, he enjoyed golfing and fishing. Last year he returned to Tennessee for the 54th reunion of his high school class at Oak Ridge High. In recent years, however, diabetes slowed him, Mrs. Griffin said. Although he had a checkup with his doctors last week, Mrs. Griffin said, he died Friday of apparent heart failure.
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