Mike Jordan (basketball, born 1977)

Mike Jordan
Personal information
Born (1977-06-24) June 24, 1977 (age 46)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Career information
High schoolAbington Friends
(Jenkintown, Pennsylvania)
CollegePenn (1996–2000)
NBA draft2000: undrafted
Playing career2000–2011
PositionPoint guard
Coaching career2012–present
Career history
As player:
2000Besançon BCD
2001Trenton Shooting Stars
2001–2002Murcia
2002Margarita
2002–2005Artland Dragons
2005Ventspils
2005–2006Köln 99ers
2006–2007Pallacanestro Cantù
2007–2008Spirou Charleroi
2008P.A.O.K.
2008Ironi Ashkelon
2008–2009Brose Baskets
2009Köln 99ers
2009–2010Phoenix Hagen
2010–2011Mitteldeutscher
2011Gießen 46ers
As coach:
2012–2020Colgate (assistant)
2020–2021Drexel (assistant)
2021–2022Colgate (assistant)
2022–2023Lafayette
Career highlights and awards

Michael-Hakim Jordan (born June 24, 1977), is an American basketball coach and former professional player who was formerly the men's basketball head coach of the Lafayette Leopards men's basketball team.[1]

Playing career

After starring at the Abington Friends School, Jordan moved on to a college basketball career at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was the 1999–2000 Ivy League Player of the Year as a senior.[2] While playing for the Quakers, Jordan was part of two Ivy League regular-season titles and appeared in the NCAA Tournament in 1999 and 2000.

The 6'0" (1.83 m) point guard then went on to try out in semi-professional leagues such as the USBL, the IBL and the NRL. Prior the National Basketball Association's 2000–01 regular season, he tried out with the Philadelphia 76ers and the Boston Celtics but was unsuccessful in securing a contract with either. He has since played in countries such as Spain, Venezuela, Latvia, France, and more recently for the Artland Dragons Quakenbrück and RheinEnergie Köln in Germany. In 2006–07 season, he played in the Italian Serie A league for Pallacanestro Cantù. In 2007–08, he played for Spirou Charleroi and PAOK BC. During the latter part of the 2008–09 season, Jordan rejoined the Koln 99ers of the Basketball Bundesliga. During the 2009–10 season, he joined Phoenix Hagen also of the Basketball Bundesliga.[3]

Coaching career

Jordan got his start as an assistant coach in 2012 under his former college teammate Matt Langel at Colgate.[4] With the Raiders, he was part of the team's 2018–19 and 2019–20 Patriot League regular-season titles, including the 2019 Patriot League tournament title and a bid in the 2019 NCAA tournament. Jordan would take an assistant coaching position at Drexel for one season in 2020–21, where he was on the Dragons' coaching staff that guided the team to the 2021 CAA tournament title and a berth in the 2021 NCAA tournament.[5] He'd return to Colgate the following season, where once again he was on staff for regular season and tournament title wins and another Colgate appearance in the NCAA Tournament.

On March 29, 2022 Jordan was appointed to succeed Fran O'Hanlon as head coach at Lafayette.[1] On February 21, 2023, Lafayette announced that Jordan was being placed on paid administrative leave while it investigates a complaint filed against him.[6] Mike McGarvey was appointed as acting head coach. On March 29, 2023, Jordan was fired, leaving McGarvey's position as the head coach as permanent.[7]

Personal life

For most of his life he was known as Michael Jordan, but since he is not related to the more prominent American basketball player of the same name, and got tired of the constant comparisons, he included his second name to his title, thus he became also referred to as Michael-Hakim Jordan.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Lafayette Leopards (Patriot League) (2022–present)
2022–23 Lafayette 9–20 7–9 6th
Lafayette: 9–20 (.310) 7–9 (.438)
Total: 9–20 (.310)

      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

  1. ^ a b "Lafayette Tabs Jordan as Men’s Basketball Coach," Lafayette College Athletics, Tuesday, March 29, 2022. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
  2. ^ "Mike Jordan College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  3. ^ Michael Jordan kommt nach Hagen (german) phoenix-hagen.de accessed January 2, 2010
  4. ^ "Mike Jordan – Men's Basketball Coach". Colgate University Athletics.
  5. ^ "Mike Jordan – Assistant Men's Basketball Coach – Men's Basketball Coaches". Drexel University Athletics.
  6. ^ "Lafayette places head coach Mike Jordan on paid leave," Coaches Database, Tuesday, February 21, 2023. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  7. ^ "Lafayette Names McGarvey as Men's Basketball Coach". goleopards. Retrieved March 29, 2023.

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