LaVall Jurrant Jordan (born April 16, 1979) is an American

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coach who is currently an assistant coach at

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. He previously served as the head coach at

Butler University Butler University is a private university in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Founded in 1855 and named after founder Ovid Butler, the university has over 60 major academic fields of study within six colleges in the arts, business, communic ...

and

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, as well as assistant coach at

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, and

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. In six seasons as an assistant coach under Michigan head coach

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, Michigan advanced to the NCAA tournament each year except 2015, won

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regular season championships in

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and

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and appeared in the Elite 8 in 2014 and the National Championship in

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Playing career

Jordan played for Butler from 1998 to 2001. He helped lead the team to three

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(now Horizon League) tournament titles and two regular-season championships while also playing in four consecutive postseason tournaments — three NCAA (

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, and

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) and one NIT (

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). Butler also won its first NCAA Tournament game in 39 years with a 79–63 win over Wake Forest in 2001. He was a two-time All-Conference player and the

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MVP. Jordan played professional basketball in Europe for one year after graduating. He was the first Butler player to participate in the

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, playing for the

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Coaching career

Assistant at Butler and Iowa

Jordan spent four years (2003–07) on

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's staff at Butler before following him to Iowa for three additional seasons (2007–2010).

Assistant at Michigan

Under coach

at Michigan, Jordan's focus was on recruiting and developing back court players along with defensive strategies, scouting, and on-court coaching. Jordan is often given credit in greatly aiding in the development of Michigan's guards, especially point guards. During the time he spent there,

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, Tim Hardaway Jr. and

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all played under Jordan. As a member of the coaching staff, Jordan helped Michigan to five NCAA Tournament appearances, including two trips to the Elite Eight and one to the National Championship Game in

Head coach at UW-Milwaukee

On April 7, 2016, Milwaukee hired Jordan to replace

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. In his first year as a head coach with the 2016–17 Milwaukee Panthers, the team finished with an 11–24 record, but it made an improbable run in the 2017 Horizon League men's basketball tournament, becoming the first 10th-seeded team to win a Horizon League tournament game, and going on to reach the championship game against

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. Had they won, they would have set a record for the team with the most losses reaching the

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Head coach at Butler

On June 12, 2017, Butler hired Jordan to replace

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. Butler's

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Barry Collier had recruited Jordan as a player and coached him for three seasons. In his first season as head coach, he led the unranked Bulldogs to a stunning 101–93 upset of No. 1 Villanova in

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, marking Butler's third straight win over the Wildcats. On April 1, 2022, Butler announced that they had parted ways with Jordan.

Personal life

Jordan is married to Destinee Jordan and they have three daughters together. Jordan is a

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Head coaching record

References

External links

Milwaukee profile
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