20 Facts About Amy Griffin

Amy Griffin is an American soccer coach and former player.

Amy Griffin is currently the head coach of the United States women's national deaf soccer team.

Amy Griffin grew up in Federal Way, Washington, where she attended Decatur High School and played for the club soccer team, FC Royals.

Amy Griffin attended the University of Central Florida where she played goalkeeper for the Knights from 1984 to 1987.

Amy Griffin was inducted into the Central Florida Hall of Fame in 1999, the school's second women's soccer honoree.

Amy Griffin played for the United States women's national soccer team from 1987 to 1991 and was on the squad that won the first ever FIFA Women's World Cup in 1991.

Amy Griffin was one of the first nine women to obtain a United States Soccer Federation level "A" coaching license.

Amy Griffin is active in the Olympic Development program and coached at the 1995 US Olympic Sports Festival.

Amy Griffin was head coach at the University of New Mexico where she started the program in 1993.

Amy Griffin later re-joined Lesle Gallimore, former head coach at San Diego State, at the University of Washington and has spent over a decade with the Huskies, most recently as associate head coach.

Amy Griffin was an assistant coach at Santa Clara University from 1989 to 1991.

Amy Griffin was an assistant coach at her alma mater, University of Central Florida.

In 2012, Amy Griffin was a goalkeeper coach for the United States under-20 women's national soccer team and helped guide the team to gold at the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

In 2015, Amy Griffin was announced as the new head coach of the United States women's national deaf soccer team.

Amy Griffin is currently the Executive Director of the Seattle Reign Academy in Seattle, Washington.

Amy Griffin lives in Seattle, Washington, alongside her husband Jack and their two sons, Nick, born in 2001, and Ben, born in 2003.

Amy Griffin served as broadcast commentator with NBC, ESPN and Fox Network.

Amy Griffin provided analysis for ESPN2 during the 1995 and 1999 women's soccer World Cups and was the color analyst for NBC's 2000 Sydney Olympic coverage.

Amy Griffin has played an important role by bringing forward concerns about the health of women soccer players, particularly goal keepers.

Amy Griffin collected data about athletes with cancer who have played on artificial turf containing "crumb rubber".