Griffin LaDew completed his fourth season with the Rochester Men’s Basketball program in 2018-19.
During his time on the UR sidelines, Rochester has a 78-28 record overall and appeared in the NCAA Division III Tournament twice, in 2016-17 and 2018-19. Additionally, he has helped coach 12 All-UAA honorees and multiple UAA All-Academic selections, including Sam Borst-Smith and Ryan Clamage who both were UAA Player of the Year and earned All-American accolades.
Prior to UR, LaDew brought with him five years of coaching experience at the college level along with four years of playing experience in NCAA Division III. He worked the previous five seasons at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee where he was an assistant coach from 2010-13 before being named Associate Head Coach for the next two years. In his playing career, he was a four year starter at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa.
While on the sidelines at Rhodes, LaDew and his fellow coaches guided the Lynx to a 76-56 overall record (.576), including Southern Athletic Association (SAA) regular season titles in 2012-13 and 2014-15. In 2014-15, The Lynx recorded their first 20-win season in over two decades and were in the top-50 in NCAA Division III in scoring defense for four seasons.
LaDew coached 15 All-Conference athletes, had a player selected to the NABC Senior All-Star Game and contributed to the recruitment of 38 student-athletes from across 16 different states. His job responsibilities included coordinating a national recruiting plan, film analysis and evaluation, development of a strength and conditioning program and a season long skill development program.
As a player at Cornell College from 2005-09, LaDew ended his career as the school’s all-time leading scorer with 1,561 points. He also is the school’s career leader in free throw percentage (88.1%) and three point field goals (240). He guided the Rams to a school record 21 wins and NCAA Tournament berth in 2008-09, a season which saw Cornell capture the IIAC conference championship with a 12-4 record, the first in school history for any male sport.
LaDew was a four year starter and three time team captain for the Rams. He was a three time All-Conference selection, earning 1st Team honors in 2007-08 and 2008-09. Also, he was a three time IIAC All-Academic selection and was named a CoSIDA All-American in his senior year when he earned Cornell College’s Male Student-Athlete of the Year Award.
Earning his Bachelor’s degree from Cornell College in Kinesiology, Business & Economics in 2009, LaDew went on to get a Master’s of Business Administration from Bethel University in 2013.
LaDew and his wife Stacey reside in Brockport, NY with their children, Landon and Collins.
