Eddie Jordan
Eddie Jordan was born in Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States on January 29th, 1955 and is the Basketball Coach. At the age of 69, Eddie Jordan biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Basketball career
Jordan attended Rutgers University from 1973 to 1977. He was accepted as a physical education student but he didn't graduate. Jordan helped the school win the NCAA Final Four in 1976, where he was named East Regional MVP. Jordan earned the nickname "Fast Eddie" at Rutgers. Jordan was named honorable mention All-America in his senior season, while still establishing Rutgers' all-time career milestones in assists (555) and thefts (220).
Jordan was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the second round of the 1977 NBA draft (33rd overall), and the New Jersey Nets acquired him halfway through his rookie season. With 201 in 1978-1979, Jordan tied Norm Nixon (Los Angeles Lakers) for the most total robbery, second in 1979–80 (behind New York Knicks' Micheal Richardson with 265)).
Jordan was a member of the 1982 NBA World Championship team and played for the Los Angeles Lakers from 1980 to 1981. He was with the Los Angeles Lakers for four years and later played briefly with the Portland Trail Blazers for a short time. After the 1983–84 season, Jordan retired from the NBA. Jordan averaged 8.8 points, 3.8 assists, and 1.82 steals per game over his seven-year NBA career.
Coaching career
Jordan, who retired from basketball in 1984, served as a volunteer assistant at Rutgers University under his guidance and eventual Wizards' assistant Tom Young. Jordan came from Young Dominion University as a part-time assistant, and under Jim O'Brien's direction in 1986, he earned an assistant coaching position at Boston College. In 1988, he became an assistant coach at Rutgers.
Jordan became an assistant coach with the Sacramento Kings in 1992 and spent five seasons as an assistant. Jordan was promoted to head coach during the 1996–97 regular season and remained the head coach during the 1997–98 season, a record of 33–64. After the 1997-1998 season, Jordan was fired.
Jordan joined the New Jersey Nets coaching staff on March 17, 1999, and spent four seasons as the lead assistant. Jordan served in New Jersey as a coach for the squad in consecutive Atlantic Division and Eastern Conference Championships in 2002 and 2003.
Jordan joined the Washington Wizards as head coach later this year, earning less than $3 million per year.
During Jordan's first season as head coach, Washington had a 25–57 record. Jordan helped the Wizards guide them to a 20-game rise in 2004–05. Only the Chicago Bulls and Phoenix Suns saw a larger increase in total wins from last year.
Jordan won his 100th game as a head coach on April 11, 2005, raising his career record to 103–158. Jordan's second season with the Wizards helped the team reach a 45–37 record, the franchise's best season since 1978–79. The set set a new record for wins in a season at Verizon Center, bringing the team a five-seed in the Eastern Conference, and it was the Wizards' first playoff appearance since the 1996-97 season. The Wizards defeated the Chicago Bulls in their fourth seeded game of the series, winning the series four games to two. With four straight victories, the team advanced from a 0–2 deficit to win the series. It was the team's first postseason series victory since 1982.
For the first time since 1988, Jordan led the Wizards to their third straight playoff berth. During December, Jordan received the Coach of the Month award for his efforts in Washington, leading Washington to a 12–4 record. Jordan coached the Eastern Conference All-Star Game in Las Vegas on February 18, the first coach from the franchise since Dick Motta in 1978–79.
Despite beginning the year 0–5, Jordan led the Wizards to their fourth straight playoff appearance in the 2007–08 season. The Cleveland Cavaliers had the Wizards knocked out in the first round for the third straight year.
After a 1–10 start, Jordan was fired as the head coach of the Washington Wizards on November 24, 2008. Jordan was the longest-serving coach in the Eastern Conference at the time, and as their coach, he led the Wizards to four straight playoff appearances, losing only once. He set a record of 197–224 on a regular season. The 197 victories were the third in franchise history.
Jordan was officially introduced as the Philadelphia 76ers' head coach on June 1, 2009.
Jordan was fired by the 76ers after one season on Thursday, April 15. Later this month, it was announced that Jordan had been one of the top candidates for the head coaching job at Rutgers, but that he had dropped out of contention to pursue a new coaching job in the NBA.
Jordan was hired as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers in 2012. Jordan was brought in mainly to help head coach Mike Brown with the Princeton offense.
Rutgers would name Jordan head coach on April 18, 2013, replacing fired head coach Mike Rice, according to a statement on April 18, 2013. Rutgers officially announced Eddie Jordan as the 18th head coach of the men's basketball team on April 23, 2013.
Jordan finished each season with 20 or more losses, and the 2015-16 season was the worst of the three. Rutgers won by twenty-five games, sixteen of whom were in conference; the Scarlet Knights' win over Minnesota in their last regular season game, which ended their drought and snapped a 30-two game conference losing streak; In the first round of the Big Ten tournament, Jordan's last game was on March 9, 2016 as the Scarlet Knights lost to Nebraska; Rutgers announced his dismissal the next day. He was 29-68, with an 8–46 record on conference play.