SAN FRANCISCO – In the latest edition of Dons From Distance, USF's Director of Creative Video Katie Morgan sat down with second year men's soccer head coach Leonard Griffin, who shared his experiences as an African American man in today's climate.
The segment begins with Morgan introducing Griffin, who became just the sixth head coach in USF soccer history in April of 2019. At that time there were 528 Division I men's and women's head coaches – 26 were black. Griffin, an All-American at UCLA and native of Southern California, discusses how soccer has grown into a "pay to play" sport, and explains how being an African American head coach is important in bringing equality to the sport he loves.