Shauna Griffin enters her fourth season as an assistant coach for the Tritons in the 2025 campaign. 

In her second season on the staff, Eckerd made its first appearance in the SSC Tournament since 2017 and the programs second trip to the semifinals. Eckerd made its second straight appearance in the SSC Tournament in 2024. 

Prior to Eckerd, Griffin was a high school coach at The Villages High School. She also coached both the U10 and U12 boys teams at the Villages Soccer Club. While at the Villages, she ran the recreation department and ran game day operations for the USL2 men’s team at the Villages. 

Griffin spent two seasons as a graduate assistant at Delta State University. 

She coached the Tallaght Community School high school soccer team from 2006-2011 and served as the physical education coach for the Tallaght Community School Summer Camp in 2012 and 2013. Griffin holds a license in coaching for ages 6-12 from FAI soccer and was the U4 soccer CYSA coach for the fall of 2014.

A native of Dublin, Ireland, Griffin brings a wealth of coaching and playing experience to Eckerd College women’s soccer.

Griffin began her collegiate soccer career in the United States playing two seasons for Coffeyville Community College in Kansas, where she garnered All-Region, All-Conference, and All-Academic Team honors. 

She later transferred to Columbus State University for the 2014 season where she was a member of the Lady Cougars’ 2014 PBC Conference Champion, 2014 PBC Conference Tournament Champions and NCAA Southeast Region champions 2014, and made it to the 2014 NCAA Elite 8.

She transferred to Francis Marion University in 2015 to complete her final year of collegiate soccer and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biology in the summer of 2016.

Griffin received her master’s degree in Sport and Human Performance from Delta State University, and another master’s degree in Kinesiology.