John Jordan (basketball)

John Jordan
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Basketball
Born	c. 1910 Chicago, Illinois
Died	June 13, 1991(1991-06-13) Oak Forest, Illinois
Playing career
1932-1935	Notre Dame
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1950–1951	Loyola (IL)
1951–1964	Notre Dame
Head coaching record
Overall	214–145 (.596)
Tournaments	NCAA: 8-6 (.571)

John Jordan (1910-1991) was an American basketball player and coach, best known for coaching the University of Notre Dame's men's basketball team from 1951 to 1964.

Jordan played basketball at Notre Dame in the 1930s and was a teammate of George Ireland, Moose Krause, and Ray Meyer. He was the captain of the Fighting Irish in 1935. After college, he took a coaching job at Mount Carmel High School in Chicago, and remained there until 1949. He spent the 1950–51 basketball season as coach at Loyola University Chicago, then took the reins at Notre Dame the following season. While at Notre Dame, Jordan recorded a 199-131 record and guided his players to five appearances in the NCAA Tournament.

He attended Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago, graduating in 1929.

After Jordan's coaching career ended, he worked with the Chicago Park District. He died in Oak Forest, Illinois at the age of 81 in 1991.^[1]

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Postseason
Loyola Ramblers (Independent) (1950–1951)
1950–51	Loyola (IL)	15-14
Loyola (IL):		15–14 (.517)
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Independent) (1951–1964)
1951–52	Notre Dame	16-10
1952–53	Notre Dame	19-5	NCAA Elite Eight
1953–54	Notre Dame	22-3	NCAA Elite Eight
1954–55	Notre Dame	14-10
1955–56	Notre Dame	9-15
1956–57	Notre Dame	20-8	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1957–58	Notre Dame	24-5	NCAA Elite Eight
1958–59	Notre Dame	12-13
1959–60	Notre Dame	17-9	NCAA First Round
1960–61	Notre Dame	12-14
1961–62	Notre Dame	7-16
1962–63	Notre Dame	17-9	NCAA First Round
1963–64	Notre Dame	10-14
Notre Dame:		199–131 (.603)
Total:		214–145 (.596)
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

References

↑ Bill Jauss. "Former Notre Dame coach John Jordan dead at 81". Chicago Tribune. June 15, 1991. 4.

Loyola Ramblers men's basketball head coaches

Unknown (1913–1915)
Percy Moore (1915–1916)
Unknown (1916–1917)
No team (1917–1920)
Bill Feeney (1920–1921)
Harry Rhode (1921–1922)
Jack Tierney (1922–1923)
Lenny Sachs (1923–1942)
John Connelly (1942–1943)
No team (1943–1945)
Tom Haggerty (1945–1950)
John Jordan (1950–1951)
George Ireland (1951–1975)
Jerry Lyne (1975–1980)
Gene Sullivan (1980–1989)
Will Rey (1989–1994)
Ken Burmeister (1994–1998)
Larry Farmer (1998–2004)
Jim Whitesell (2004–2011)
Porter Moser (2011– )

Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball head coaches

Frank E. Hering (1898)
J. Fred Powers (1899)
No team (1899–1907)
Bertram Maris (1907–1912)
Bill Nelson (1912–1913)
Jesse Harper (1913–1918)
Gus Dorais (1918–1920)
Walter Halas (1920–1923)
George Keogan (1923–1943)
Moose Krause (1943–1944)
Clem Crowe (1944–1945)
Elmer Ripley (1945–1946)
Moose Krause (1946–1951)
John Jordan (1951–1964)
John Dee (1964–1971)
Digger Phelps (1971–1991)
John MacLeod (1991–1999)
Matt Doherty (1999–2000)
Mike Brey (2000– )

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