October 6: LaVall Jordan
The Rotary Club of Indianapolis welcomes LaVall Jordan, Head Coach, Butler University Men’s Basketball on Tuesday, October 6
Join us on Tuesday to hear from LaVall Jordan the Head Coach of Butler University Men’s Basketball team.
Before embarking on his coaching career, Jordan was a starting guard at Butler (1998-2001), helping the Bulldogs win three conference tournament titles and two Midwestern Collegiate Conference regular-season championships. He participated in four consecutive postseason tournaments — NCAA (1998, 2000, 2001) and NIT (1999) — and helped record Butler’s first NCAA tournament win in 39 years with a 79-63 win over Wake Forest in 2001.
Jordan was a two-time All-Midwestern Collegiate Conference performer and was the league’s tournament MVP in 2001. He tallied 91 victories in four years, which (at the time) made him the winningest player in Butler history.
Jordan’s coaching career began on the Butler sidelines (2003-07), working as an assistant coach for three seasons (2004-07) and as the coordinator of basketball operations for one season (2003-04). Jordan helped guide the Bulldogs to a 29-7 record in 2006-07, sharing the Horizon League regular season title in 2007. Butler advanced to the Sweet 16 in the 2007 NCAA Tournament before a loss to eventual national champion, Florida.
Before becoming the head coach at Butler, Jordan was the head coach at Milwaukee as well as an assistant coach at Michigan and Iowa. The 2020-21 season will be Jordan’s fourth leading his alma mater. The Bulldogs were included in every 2020 NCAA Tournament projection before the COVID-19 pandemic canceled the remainder of the season. It would have been Butler’s third postseason appearance in Jordan’s three seasons.
Jordan earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from Butler in 2001 and went on to play professional basketball in Europe. He was the first Butler player to participate in the National Basketball Developmental League, playing for the Huntsville Flight.
Jordan and his wife, Destinee, have three daughters, Ava, Alanna and Adalynn.
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