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Fred Jordan (baseball coach)

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Fred Jordan
Biographical details
Bornc. 1958 (age 65–66)
Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
Playing career
1976–79The Citadel
Position(s)P
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1992–2017The Citadel
Head coaching record
Overall831–706 (.541)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
7 SoCon tournament (1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2010)
5 SoCon Regular season (1995, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2010)
Awards
4 Socon Coach of the Year (1995, 1999, 2003, 2010)

Fred Jordan (born c. 1958) is an American college baseball coach, who was the 26th head coach of The Citadel Bulldogs baseball team, located in Charleston, South Carolina. He succeeded legendary Citadel coach Chal Port, for whom he had played, and held the position from 1992 to 2017. Jordan is a 1979 graduate of The Citadel.[1]

His career coaching record at The Citadel was 831 wins and 706 losses. He has the record for the most wins in Citadel and Southern Conference history and fifth at The Citadel in winning percentage. Under Jordan, The Citadel appeared in seven NCAA Regionals, won seven Southern Conference baseball tournament championships and won five SoCon regular season championships. He coached 35 players who were selected in the Major League Baseball Draft.[2] He won his 800th game on February 20, 2016, with a 5–4 victory over Virginia Tech. He was the 27th coach to achieve 800 wins at the Division I level.[3]

Head coaching record

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
The Citadel (Southern Conference) (1992–2017)
1992 The Citadel 35–20 10–9 4th
1993 The Citadel 32–25 13–9 3rd
1994 The Citadel 35–24 11–19 4th Regionals
1995 The Citadel 39–21 19–5 1st Regionals
1996 The Citadel 33–26 13–10 4th
1997 The Citadel 37–21 16–7 3rd
1998 The Citadel 37–24 21–5 2nd Regionals
1999 The Citadel 41–20 24–5 1st Regionals
2000 The Citadel 39–20 23–7 T–1st
2001 The Citadel 38–24 20–10 2nd Regionals
2002 The Citadel 31–26 22–8 1st
2003 The Citadel 32–25 19–11 3rd
2004 The Citadel 39–28 21–9 T–2nd Regionals
2005 The Citadel 25–34 14–16 6th
2006 The Citadel 34–27 15–12 5th
2007 The Citadel 34–27 12–15 7th
2008 The Citadel 28–28 12–15 8th
2009 The Citadel 37–22 20–10 3rd
2010 The Citadel 43–22 24–6 1st Regionals
2011 The Citadel 20–36 8–22 11th
2012 The Citadel 25–33 13–17 8th
2013 The Citadel 35–25 18–12 4th SoCon Tournament runner-up[a]
2014 The Citadel 24–34 8–18 10th SoCon tournament[b]
2015 The Citadel 28–30 10–14 8th SoCon tournament[c]
2016 The Citadel 17–42 6–18 8th SoCon tournament[d]
2017 The Citadel 16–35 7–17 T-8th SoCon tournament[e]
Total: 831–706

      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

  1. ^ 8 of the SoCon's 11 teams qualified for the tournament
  2. ^ All 10 of the SoCon's teams qualified for the tournament in 2014.
  3. ^ All 9 of the SoCon's teams qualified for the tournament in 2015.
  4. ^ All 9 of the SoCon's teams qualified for the tournament in 2015.
  5. ^ All 9 of the SoCon's teams qualified for the tournament in 2015.

References

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  1. ^ "The Citadel Baseball 2012 Quick Facts" (PDF). Retrieved February 3, 2012.[permanent dead link‍]
    - Jeff Hartsell (May 30, 2017). "For Citadel baseball's Fred Jordan, 'no regrets' as he says good-bye after 26 years". Post and Courier. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  2. ^ 2011 Baseball Media Guide. proemags. pp. 22–23. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2012.
  3. ^ "College baseball: Citadel coach Fred Jordan records 800th victory". NCAA. February 21, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2016.


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