Lloyd Jordan | |
Birth Date: | 14 December 1900 |
Birth Place: | Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Death Place: | Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1921–1923 |
Player Team2: | Pittsburgh |
Player Sport3: | Basketball |
Player Years4: | 1920–1924 |
Player Team4: | Pittsburgh |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1928–1931 |
Coach Team2: | Colgate (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1932–1949 |
Coach Team3: | Amherst |
Coach Years4: | 1950–1956 |
Coach Team4: | Harvard |
Coach Sport5: | Basketball |
Coach Years6: | 1928–1932 |
Coach Team6: | Colgate |
Coach Years7: | 1932–1948 |
Coach Team7: | Amherst |
Admin Years1: | 1960–1974 |
Admin Team1: | SoCon (commissioner) |
Overall Record: | 101–72–8 (football) 159–103 (basketball) |
Championships: | 6 Little Three (1932, 1934, 1936–1938, 1942) |
Awards: | Amos Alonzo Stagg Award (1973) |
Cfbhof Year: | 1978 |
Cfbhof Id: | 1729 |
Lloyd P. Jordan (December 14, 1900 – February 24, 1990) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Amherst College from 1932 to 1949 and at Harvard University from 1950 to 1956, compiling a career college football record of 101–72–8. Jordan was also the head basketball coach at Colgate University from 1928 to 1932 and at Amherst from 1932 to 1948, tallying a career college basketball mark of 159–103. He played football, basketball, and baseball at the University of Pittsburgh, from which he graduated in 1924. He served as the commissioner of the Southern Conference from 1960 to 1974. Jordan was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1978.