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Fred
Fred Jordan, a former Citadel baseball letterman, is in his 18th season at the helm of his alma mater’s baseball program and holds a 586-428 (.578) overall record, all with the Bulldogs. Jordan has instilled the ideals of belief, faith and trust into The Citadel baseball. Players under Jordan are known for playing “The Citadel Way”— Long, Hard and Fast. The Citadel Baseball has been recognized for its tenacious pace of play and tremendous discipline that Jordan sets forth in the everyday rigors of practice and throughout the regular season.
Head Coach 18th Season The Citadel, ’79 What You Need to Know Fred Jordan is the winningest active coach in the Southern Conference. Fred Jordan, the second-longest tenured Southern Conference Coach, is four conference wins away from his 300th SoCon Victory. In his coaching career, Fred Jordan has registered over
He has led the Bulldogs to six Southern Conference Tournament 800 wins. championships and six NCAA Regional appearances in the last 12 years, including the 2004 SoCon Championship and an appear- Jordan, The Citadel has won the pitching title eight of the last 17 ance at the 2004 NCAA Regional held in Columbia, S.C. No other years and seven of the last 14. Jordan has had 19 players drafted in NCAA Division I baseball program has been a part of their confer- the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft from The Citadel. ence championship more than The Citadel in the past 12 years. Under Jordan, the Bulldogs have garnered 42 All-Southern ConIn his 17 seasons, Jordan’s Bulldogs average more than 34 victories ference honors while bringing home another 42 All-SoCon Tournaa year, including 41 victories in 1999, which currently ranks as the ment honors, including a record seven in 2004. He has coached second highest win total in Citadel history. Jordan hit a milestone one Southern Conference Male Athlete of the Year, five Southern in 2006 as he picked up his 500th career win. No other coach has Conference Pitchers of the Year, four Southern Conference Freshever reached the 500 mark as quickly as Jordan did. In fact, Chal men of the Year, one Southern Conference Player of the Year, and Port is the only other coach in school history to earn 500 victories. six tournament Most Valuable Players. Jordan is considered the dean of Southern Conference baseball coaches as he has won 10 Southern Conference championships, seven more than the nearest competitor. Jordan stresses strong pitching and solid defense in order to win championships. Under
Jordan has been honored as the Southern Conference Coach of the Year three times, the last being in 2003. Of Jordan’s 19 draftees, 13 were pitchers and one is currently on a Major League 40-man roster. Dallas McPherson led all professional players in home runs in 2008 with the Class AAA Albuquerque Isotopes before being called up to the Florida Marlins late in the season. Britt Reames, recently retired from professional baseball and now the pitching coach at Furman, became the first-ever Bulldog to ever participate in the Major League Baseball postseason with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2000. Over the last 10 seasons, Jordan’s teams have had the eyes of Charleston upon them. The Citadel has been ranked in the top-35 in national attendance for 10 consecutive seasons. In 2001, the Bulldogs finished 25th in the nation, the highest ever for a Citadel team, with 53,501 fans turning out at Riley Park to see the Bulldogs play. In 2004, over 58,000 fans streamed through the gates of Riley Park to help set a single-season attendance record.
Fred Jordan with South Carolina coach Ray Tanner.
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