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Lloyd Jordan

American sports coach (1900–1990)

Summary

American sports coach (1900–1990)

Field	Value
name	Lloyd Jordan
image	Lloyd Jordan.jpg
birth_date
birth_place	Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, U.S.
death_date
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

159–103 (basketball) Lloyd Paul Jordan (December 14, 1900 – February 25, 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.

Jordan died on February 25, 1990, at his home in Richmond, Virginia.

Head coaching record

Football

References

. (February 26, 1990). ["Ex SC-commissioner Jordan dies at age 89"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-obituary-for-llo/173613788/). *[[Richmond Times-Dispatch]]*.

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