Texas Woman's University Athletics

Courtney Griffith joined the Texas Woman's Athletic Department as the head coach of the Pioneers Artistic Swimming team in August of 2025. 

Most recently, Griffith served as the Head Coach of the Arizona Aqua Stars Artistic Swimming Team in Mesa, Ariz. With the Aqua Stars, she led all aspects of the program, coordinated travel, planned practice and choreographed routines, while putting total athlete support at the center of all activities. She also was committed to overseeing long-term strategic growth for the club.

Prior to assuming the Head Coach role at Aqua Stars in 2023, Griffith worked as a Junior, Senior and Masters Coach with the Arizona Aqua Stars from 2012-23. In these roles, she developed progressive training programs for each level to ensure the athletes were prepared physically, in technique and in competition. Additionally, she assisted with video analysis, technique refinement and power training to prepare athletes for national competitions.

During her time with the Aqua Stars, Griffith also served as a Senior 1 and 2 Coach with the Crimson Aquatics Swim Team in Whitinsville, Mass. from 2019-23. With Crimson Aquatics, she developed and implemented land and water training programs to help elevate the athletes' skills, while assisting with their National Level group to refine technique.

Throughout her time coaching the Aqua Stars, Griffith led her teams to 10 National Champion Titles. Additionally, she championed a seven-year winning streak in the Combination event.

Griffith grew up as an artistic swimmer with the Arizona Aqua Stars, swimming with the club beginning in 2001. She was a two-time Age Group National Champion in Duet and a one-time Age Group National Champion in Trio.

In 2010, she trained as a United States Team Member and served as the U.S. National Team Captain. Then, in 2011, Griffith was among the Top 32 U.S. athletes to qualify for the the Olympic Team Trials.

Griffith took a step back from artistic swimming during her collegiate career and made the decision to compete collegiately in speed swimming. She swam with UT Permian Basin. In 2014, she set the school record for backstroke in the 200 Medley Relay. Then, she followed it up in 2015 by setting the school record for backstroke in the 400 Medley Relay.

After college, she returned to the Arizona Aqua Stars to swim with the Masters Team. Griffith is a five-time Masters National Champion in Combo and a two-time Masters National Champion in Solo. She also has crowns as the Masters National Champion in Figures and Duet. Along with competing in Masters, Griffith swam with the Aqualillies as a professional artistic swimmer in New York City from 2022-25.

Griffith holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art with an emphasis in Painting and Ceramics from UT Permian Basin. Additionally, she obtained a Certificate in Collegiate Teaching in Art and Design and a Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics from The Rhode Island School of Design.

While coaching artistic swimming, Griffith has also worked as an Adjunct Faculty member. She taught Ceramic Sculpture at The Rhode Island School of Design and Montserrat College of Art in Massachusetts. Then, at Chandler Gilbert Community College in Arizona, she taught Sculpture and 3D Design. Most recently, she taught Drawing at Gateway Community College in Arizona.

From 2023-25, Griffith served as the Swim Department Coordinator at East Valley Sports in Arizona. She worked with club teams and coaches to coordinate meet schedules, meet vendor deadlines and manage orders. She also supervised staff to ensure an efficient and positive working environment.