In four years as the head football coach at South Georgia College, Griffith compiled a 32–6 record and took his team to four bowl appearances.
Things did not get any better under Griffith and he was only able to compile a 10–16–4 record during his three-year term as head coach.
While coaching at Georgia, Griffith became embroiled in the controversy created when the Saturday Evening Post ran an article alleging that Wally Butts and Bear Bryant had conspired to fix games.
The focus of the Post story was Georgia's 35–0 loss to Alabama and Griffith was quoted in the article as "bitterly" saying, "I never had a chance, did I" after the game.
Griffith denied that he made the statement attributed to him and otherwise called the facts of the Post story into question.