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COACH CURTIS JORDAN
Head Coach Heavyweight Crew
Curtis Jordan has been associated with the Tiger rowing program since 1979 and since 1991 as the coach of the heavyweight varsity. In 1998 Jordan led Princeton to its second national championship in three years, its first title coming at the 1996 IRA regatta.
In 1999 Jordan led Princeton to its third Eastern Sprints title in a five-year span and a fifth consecutive points trophy. He was named the EARC Coach of the Year in 1995 and 1999.
Prior to taking over the heavyweights, Jordan coached the women’s crew for seven years, compiling a 58-15 record and winning the national championship in 1990. His women’s team twice won Eastern Sprints, and Jordan was the EAWRC Coach of the Year in 1985 and 1990.
Jordan has been a U.S. national team coach for the last four Olympics. At the 2000 Games in Sydney, he guided the men’s lightweight four to a sixth-place finish. Jordan was co-coach of the bronze-medal-winning lightweight fours at the 1996 Atlanta Games and also coached the men’s four with cox in Seoul (1988) and Barcelona (1992), where he led the U.S. to a fourth-place finish.
