Fred Jordan (baseball coach)

Fred Jordan

Sport(s)	College baseball
Current position
Title	Head Coach
Team	The Citadel
Biographical details
Born	Charleston, SC
Playing career
1976–79	The Citadel
Position(s)	P
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1992–Present	The Citadel
Head coaching record
Overall	798–629 (.559)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
7 SoCon Tournament (1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2010) 5 SoCon Regular Season (1995, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2010)
Awards
4 Socon Coach of the Year (1995, 1999, 2003, 2010)

Fred Jordan (born c. 1958) is an American baseball coach, who is the 26th head baseball coach of The Citadel Bulldogs baseball team, located in Charleston, South Carolina. He has held the position since the 1992 season. Jordan is a 1979 graduate of The Citadel.^[1]

His career coaching record at The Citadel as of the end of the 2015 season is 798 wins and 629 losses. This ranks him the winningest coach at The Citadel in total wins and 5th at The Citadel in winning percentage. Under Jordan, The Citadel has appeared in 7 NCAA Regionals, won 7 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament championships and claimed 5 Southern Conference regular season championships. Jordan has coached 26 players that were selected in the Major League Baseball Draft.^[2] Coach Jordan won his 800th game on February 20th, 2016 with a 5–4 victory over Virginia Tech. He is the 27th coach to achieve 800 wins at the Division I level.^[3]

Head Coaching Record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
The Citadel (Southern Conference) (1992–present)
1992	The Citadel	35–20	10–9	4th
1993	The Citadel	32–25	13–9	3rd
1994	The Citadel	35–24	11–19	4th	Regionals
1995	The Citadel	39–21	19–5	1st	Regionals
1996	The Citadel	33–26	13–10	4th
1997	The Citadel	37–21	16–7	3rd
1998	The Citadel	37–24	21–5	2nd	Regionals
1999	The Citadel	41–20	24–5	1st	Regionals
2000	The Citadel	39–20	23–7	T–1st
2001	The Citadel	38–24	20–10	2nd	Regionals
2002	The Citadel	31–26	22–8	1st
2003	The Citadel	32–25	19–11	3rd
2004	The Citadel	39–28	21–9	T–2nd	Regionals
2005	The Citadel	25–34	14–16	6th
2006	The Citadel	34–27	15–12	5th
2007	The Citadel	34–27	12–15	7th
2008	The Citadel	28–28	12–15	8th
2009	The Citadel	37–22	20–10	3rd
2010	The Citadel	43–22	24–6	1st	Regionals
2011	The Citadel	20–36	8–22	11th
2012	The Citadel	25–33	13–17	8th
2013	The Citadel	35–25	18–12	4th	SoCon Tournament runner up[lower-alpha 1]
2014	The Citadel	24–34	8–18	10th	SoCon Tournament[lower-alpha 2]
2015	The Citadel	28–30	10–14	8th	SoCon Tournament[lower-alpha 3]
Total:		798–629
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

1. 8 of the SoCon's 11 teams qualified for the tournament
2. All 10 of the SoCon's teams qualified for the tournament in 2014.
3. All 9 of the SoCon's teams qualified for the tournament in 2015.

See also

• List of current NCAA Division I baseball coaches

References

1. "The Citadel Baseball 2012 Quick Facts" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-03.
2. 2011 Baseball Media Guide. proemags. pp. 22–23. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
3. "College baseball: Citadel coach Fred Jordan records 800th victory". NCAA. February 21, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2016.