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Princeton’s Jordan Retires as Men’s Heavyweight Coach
Created: 7/27/2009 2:43:01 PM
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Courtesy of Princeton Athletic Communications
PRINCETON, N.J. -- Curtis Jordan, the all-time winningest coach in the 130 years of Princeton heavyweight crew, will retire after 19 years as head coach, it was announced by Director of Athletics Gary Walters ’67. Jordan has been associated with Tiger rowing for nearly three decades and is also No. 2 in career wins among any coach in the history of Princeton open women’s crew.
"Curtis Jordan's name is synonymous with Princeton rowing and sustained excellence within the competitive world of heavyweight rowing,” Walters says. “But the most important contribution that he has made to Princeton is as a role model and mentor to hundreds of young men and women at the boathouse. The 'Curtis Jordan legacy' will be passed forward from generation to generation of rowers at Shea."
Jordan, a 1974 graduate of Trinity College, began his head coaching career in 1984 with the Princeton open women. He led the team to 55 wins, then a program record, and won nearly 80% of his races while leading Princeton to the 1985 and 1990 EAWRC and Ivy League championships. In 1990, his final season with the women, he led Princeton to its first national championship with a two-second victory over Radcliffe.
Jordan moved to the heavyweights in 1991 and embarked on the most successful career in the great tradition of Princeton rowing. He won 131 of 174 races (.753) and led the Tigers to five EARC/Ivy League championships and two national titles. A multiple-time EAWRC and EARC Coach of the Year, Jordan’s most recent Eastern championship came in 2006.
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Related Schools: Princeton
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Related Sports: Rowing
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