Michael Griggs:
CLASS OF 1968
Kent State University (High School Program)Class of 1968
Kent, OH
Stow Junior High SchoolClass of 1965
Stow, OH
Fishcreek Elementary SchoolClass of 1962
Stow, OH
Woodland Elementary SchoolClass of 1961
Stow, OH
Overdale Elementary SchoolClass of 1960
Tallmadge, OH
Michael's Story
Life
I'm retired from teaching scuba, Health and PE at McKinley High School in Canton. I now coach the Green Y Barracudas Swim Team and am the head coach for their USA Swimming participants. I am also still adjunct faculty at Malone College in Canton teaching scuba whenever they need me to. I am an Instructor Trainer for Scuba Educators International (what was YSCUBA in another life) and an SSI (Scuba Schools International) Dive Control Specialist Instructor, working out of the Scuba Outlet, a dive shop located just to the west of Silver Lake CC on Graham Rd. I am also a Past-President of the executive committee of the Ohio High School Swim Coaches Association. My son is 32 and trying to finish his Associate's degree at Columbus State, and my daughter is 25 has...Expand for more
graduated in August of 2010 from good old KSU with a communications degree and is now working in Middleburg Hts. My second wife and I live in Green.
I always wanted to be a teacher and coach when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a good idea. As it turns out, they were right. I was a teacher for 35 years and continue to be a coach 41 years later. I hope that I have touched my students and athletes in a positive way in those years. It has been very satisfying to watch as my swimmers progressed in the sport, especially when I could see that they finally "got it" as far as how to train and compete at the highest level that their ability would allow. As rewarding is learning what they have done with their lives beyond high school and swimming.
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