Griswold came to Rice in the fall of 1986, shortly after earning her master's degree in higher education student affairs/counseling from Indiana University. It was then where she took charge of monitoring the academic progress of more than 350 Rice student-athletes. Griswold has celebrated over 30 years of service here at Rice. A 1981 cum laude graduate from Miami University, in Oxford, Ohio, with degrees in mathematics and education, Griswold has an impressive coaching background, including the prestigious Indiana Girls’ Basketball State Championship in 1983. While working on her graduate degree at Indiana University, Griswold served as the Hoosiers' academic graduate assistant (1984-86). Currently, she is an associate of Hanszen College and is active in City of Refuge Church, bible study groups, and has eight nieces and nephews.

Works with football offense, men's tennis, women's tennis, men's basketball