Nathaniel "Shake" Griffith is in his first season as Lions associate head coach, while maintaing offensive coordinator duties joined to the Lions coaching staff in 2014 as an offensive assistant, and has since been an integral cog in the Lions offensive inner workings during that period of time .
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Griffith's time with York extends even further back than his addition to the football staff. He spent three seasons with the Lions as a receiver (2010-12) and was also a team captain. Prior to coming to York he played for the Brampton Bulldogs in the OVFL and at Vanier College.
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2023 marks Griffith's third year as a head coach in club football. He re-joined the his old minor football organization in Brampton and served as Bulldogs head coach. He also served as a receivers coach for the Bulldogs for three seasons from 2006-2008. In between those stints, he was receiver coach for the York Region Lions in 2015 and 2016, before becoming offensive coordinator for the same team in 2017 – a position he held for two years.
