Mike Jordan (basketball, born 1977) explained

Mike Jordan
Height Ft:6
Height In:0
Birth Date:24 June 1977
Birth Place:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
High School:Abington Friends
(Jenkintown, Pennsylvania)
College:Penn (1996–2000)
Career Position:Point guard
Draft Year:2000
Career Start:2000
Career End:2011
Years1:2000
Team1:Besançon BCD
Years2:2001
Team2:Trenton Shooting Stars
Years3:2001–2002
Team3:Murcia
Years4:2002
Team4:Margarita
Years5:2002–2005
Team5:Artland Dragons
Years6:2005
Team6:Ventspils
Years7:2005–2006
Team7:Köln 99ers
Years8:2006–2007
Team8:Pallacanestro Cantù
Years9:2007–2008
Team9:Spirou Charleroi
Years10:2008
Team10:P.A.O.K.
Years11:2008
Team11:Ironi Ashkelon
Years12:2008–2009
Team12:Brose Baskets
Years13:2009
Team13:Köln 99ers
Years14:2009–2010
Team14:Phoenix Hagen
Years15:2010–2011
Team15:Mitteldeutscher
Years16:2011
Team16:Gießen 46ers
Coach Start:2012
Cyears1:2012–2020
Cteam1:Colgate (assistant)
Cyears2:2020–2021
Cteam2:Drexel (assistant)
Cyears3:2021–2022
Cteam3:Colgate (assistant)
Cyears4:2022–2023
Cteam4:Lafayette
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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.

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.[1] 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.

Coaching career

Jordan got his start as an assistant coach in 2012 under his former college teammate Matt Langel at Colgate.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] On February 21, 2023, Lafayette announced that Jordan was being placed on paid administrative leave while it investigates a complaint filed against him.[5] 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.[6]

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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mike Jordan College Stats. College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  2. Web site: Mike Jordan – Men's Basketball Coach. Colgate University Athletics.
  3. Web site: Mike Jordan – Assistant Men's Basketball Coach – Men's Basketball Coaches. Drexel University Athletics.
  4. https://goleopards.com/news/2022/3/29/mens-basketball-lafayette-tabs-jordan-as-mens-basketball-coach.aspx "Lafayette Tabs Jordan as Men’s Basketball Coach," Lafayette College Athletics, Tuesday, March 29, 2022.
  5. https://www.coachesdatabase.com/lafayette-head-coach-mike-jordan-placed-on-leave/ "Lafayette places head coach Mike Jordan on paid leave," Coaches Database, Tuesday, February 21, 2023.
  6. Web site: Lafayette Names McGarvey as Men’s Basketball Coach . goleopards . March 29, 2023.