Women's Basketball
Griffith, Yolanda
Yolanda Griffith
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- yolanda.griffith@bc.edu
- Phone:
- 552-0613
Yolanda Griffith
Boston College
Second Year at BC
Yolanda Griffith joined the Boston College staff in April of 2018. Griffith, an 11-year WNBA veteran and two-time gold medalist, followed head coach Joanna Bernabei-McNamee to BC from Albany.
In her first season as an assistant coach at Boston College, Griffith’s presence was felt immediately by the players.
There is no better proof than the season Emma Guy had last season. The Eagles forward shot a career-high 59 percent from the floor, a new career-high. She played all 30 games and averaged a team-high 14.1 points and 6.7 rebounds. Guy tallied double-figures in a 23 games, a new personal best.
Griffith began her coaching career in 2009 as an assistant coach with the Indiana Fever in the WNBA. She joined the college ranks in 2011 as an assistant coach at Dartmouth for two seasons. Griffith then spent one season at Lafayette before working at Massachusetts from 2014 through 2016. She joined coach Bernabei-McNamee for two seasons at Albany.
A native of Chicago, Griffith played 11 seasons in the WNBA. She was a seven time All-Star and the league MVP in 1999 when she was with the Sacramento Monarchs. She was the second overall selection in the 1999 draft and helped the Monarchs win the 2005 WNBA title and was named the Finals MVP.
Griffith scored 4,238 points, grabbed 2,444 rebounds and had 323 blocks over her career.
She is also a proud US Olympian as she has two gold medals. She earned her medals playing for the US Women’s team in 2000 in Sydney and the 2004 team in Athens. In her two stints with the team, the US did not lose a game (16-0).
Griffith entered the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in her first year of eligibility in 2014.
A 6-foot-3 forward, Griffith attended Palm Beach Junior College, where she earned All-America honors during the 1990-91 season. She transferred to Florida Atlantic University and earned the Division II Kodak Player of the Year honor in the 1992-93 season.
Career Highlights
Boston College
Second Year at BC
Yolanda Griffith joined the Boston College staff in April of 2018. Griffith, an 11-year WNBA veteran and two-time gold medalist, followed head coach Joanna Bernabei-McNamee to BC from Albany.
In her first season as an assistant coach at Boston College, Griffith’s presence was felt immediately by the players.
There is no better proof than the season Emma Guy had last season. The Eagles forward shot a career-high 59 percent from the floor, a new career-high. She played all 30 games and averaged a team-high 14.1 points and 6.7 rebounds. Guy tallied double-figures in a 23 games, a new personal best.
Griffith began her coaching career in 2009 as an assistant coach with the Indiana Fever in the WNBA. She joined the college ranks in 2011 as an assistant coach at Dartmouth for two seasons. Griffith then spent one season at Lafayette before working at Massachusetts from 2014 through 2016. She joined coach Bernabei-McNamee for two seasons at Albany.
A native of Chicago, Griffith played 11 seasons in the WNBA. She was a seven time All-Star and the league MVP in 1999 when she was with the Sacramento Monarchs. She was the second overall selection in the 1999 draft and helped the Monarchs win the 2005 WNBA title and was named the Finals MVP.
Griffith scored 4,238 points, grabbed 2,444 rebounds and had 323 blocks over her career.
She is also a proud US Olympian as she has two gold medals. She earned her medals playing for the US Women’s team in 2000 in Sydney and the 2004 team in Athens. In her two stints with the team, the US did not lose a game (16-0).
Griffith entered the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in her first year of eligibility in 2014.
A 6-foot-3 forward, Griffith attended Palm Beach Junior College, where she earned All-America honors during the 1990-91 season. She transferred to Florida Atlantic University and earned the Division II Kodak Player of the Year honor in the 1992-93 season.
Career Highlights
- WNBA champion (2005)
- WNBA Finals MVP (2005)
- WNBA MVP (1999)
- WNBA All-Star (1999–2001, 2003–2007)
- All-WNBA First Team (1999, 2005)
- All-WNBA Second Team (2000, 2001, 2004)
- WNBA rebounding champion (1999, 2001)
- WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award (1999)
- Member of WNBA All-Decade Team
- WNBA's Top 15 Players of All Time (2011)
- WNBA Top 20@20 (2016)
- Russian League Player of the Year (2005)
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