Staff Directory

Kevin Griffin

Title:
Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics
Email:
Phone:
737-3969

Kevin Griffin is the vice president and director of intercollegiate athletics at Oregon State, a position he assumed on July 6, 2026 after being announced on June 4 of the same year.

A sports leader and brand builder with a proven record of revenue generation, Griffin arrived in Corvallis after building a career across collegiate athletics, professional sports and marketing.

“By appointing a leader with a track record in business strategy, revenue generation and marketing, I am positioning Oregon State Athletics for the future as an innovative national leader, aggressively and proactively adapting to the ever-changing landscape of collegiate athletics,” said Oregon State President Jayathi Murthy. “Kevin Griffin is a changemaker with a clear vision for OSU’s athletics programs. As a former student-athlete himself, he is passionate about ensuring that today’s student-athletes have the resources and support to win at the highest levels of competition."

Griffin came to Oregon State from The Ohio State University, one of the country’s largest and most successful athletics programs, where he had served since July 2022 as associate vice president for brand engagement, services and partnerships and as associate director of athletics for business strategy. In that role, he worked across the university to create, manage and optimize revenue-generating opportunities for Ohio State, its students and its student-athletes, and he oversaw the university’s trademark and licensing program. In January 2026, Ohio State extended its 15-year partnership with Learfield, a leading college athletics media and technology company, in an agreement that included a full-service name, image and likeness initiative supporting Buckeye student-athletes.

Griffin was honored with the Ohio State Athletics & Business Advancement Innovation Award in 2024, one year after his team received the department’s Outstanding Athletics & Business Advancement Department Award. Also in 2024, he joined the board of Ohio State’s Sports and Society Initiative, which connects sports and society through scholarship, coursework, career preparation and community engagement.

In May 2026, Silver Waves Media named him one of its Top 100 Rising Athletic Directors/Future Athletics Directors, a list recognizing emerging assistant, associate and deputy athletic directors for their vision, innovation, revenue generation and impact on student-athlete success.

Before Ohio State, Griffin spent 2021 to 2022 as senior vice president for marketing and brand strategy with Major League Soccer’s D.C. United. From 2016 to 2021, he worked at The Adcom Group, a marketing agency in Cleveland, as senior vice president for marketing strategy and president of brand and market insights. He also held leadership roles with two NFL franchises, serving as vice president of marketing, media and fan experience for the Cleveland Browns from 2013 to 2016 and as director of fan development and community relations for the Seattle Seahawks from 2004 to 2013.

Playing Career
Griffin was a four-year letter winner for the Ohio State football team and served as the Buckeyes’ special teams captain his senior year.

Personal
Griffin is the nephew of Buckeye football legends Archie and Ray Griffin; Archie Griffin remains the only two-time Heisman Trophy winner. His daughter, Kennedy Griffin, is an All-American gymnast at the University of Missouri. Griffin graduated from Ohio State with a degree in journalism and earned a master’s degree in sports administration from Ohio University. He and his wife, Farrah, live in Corvallis.