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"Meet the Griffins" was first aired on Sunday June 26th 2011. Our Guest was Gail and Tommy Griffin. Our topics included:- Tommy - many coaches go through their entire career without ever making a state tournament, much less winning a state championship, he has done it nine times with three different schools
- Difficulty in putting together a string of titles like that
- Gail - her involvement in the basketball "scene" with Tommy for many years – Does she ever get tired of the sound of the bouncing ball
- Tommy and Gail have worked together in the trophy and award business for many years (since 1978), is that continuing today and does that take a lot of their time
- Gail - public schools she was involved with for her 19 years of teaching
- How the teaching of business education classes helped her in her family business
- Their two boys, Taylor and Blake
- Growing up, their similarities and differences
- The experience of being the parents with two sons playing Division 1 College basketball at a very high level
- Is it difficult when one of the sons has a bad game and the other has a particularly good game
- Their travels to many of the games that were not played in Norman or in the surrounding area
- Being able to play Division 1 basketball at a lot of other schools, what it was about the University of Oklahoma that got both of their boys to attend
- How their boys enjoyed their stay at the University of Oklahoma
- Difficulty for them to maintain a "normal life" when their sons are both famous professional athletes and how it has changed their lives
- Even though they are both adults and out on their own, do they still seek advice from their parents from time to time
- How often the family communicates with each other
- Tommy's thoughts on continuing to coach and his interest in a head coaching position again
- What's in store for the Griffin family in the next 5 years
 Gail Griffin, Mick Corrnet, Kent Meyers, Tommy Griffin
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