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Edward Montgomery "Eddie" Jordan (born January 29, 1955 in Washington, D.C.) is the current head coach of the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Contents 1 Collegiate and pro career 2 Coaching career 2.1 NCAA 2.2 Kings 2.3 Nets 2.4 Wizards 3 Personal 4 External links 5 References

Jordan attended Rutgers University in 1973, and led the school to the 1976 NCAA Final Four, during which he was named East Regional MVP. In his senior season, Jordan was named honorable mention All-America, while setting Rutgers' all-time career records in assists (585) and steals (220). Jordan graduated from Rutgers in 1977 with a degree in health and physical education.

Jordan was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the second round of the 1977 NBA Draft (33rd overall), and was acquired by the New Jersey Nets halfway through his rookie season. Jordan led the league in total steals (201) in 1978-1979 and was second in total steals (223) in 1979-1980.

Jordan played for the Los Angeles Lakers during the 1980-1981 season, and was a member of the 1982 NBA World Championship team. He played for the Lakers for four years and then played briefly with the Portland Trail Blazers. Jordan retired from the NBA after the 1983-1984 season. Over his seven-year career, Jordan averaged 8.1 points, 3.8 assists and 1.82 steals per game.

After retiring from the NBA in 1984, Jordan was a volunteer assistant at Rutgers University under his former college head coach, and current Wizards' assistant, Tom Young. Jordan followed Young to Old Dominion University as a part-time assistant before and subsequently obtained an assistant coaching position at Boston College under Jim O'Brien in 1986. He also became an assistant coach at Rutgers in 1988.

In 1992, Jordan became an assistant coach with the Sacramento Kings, and remained as one for five seasons. Jordan was promoted to head coach on March 20, 1997 during the final fifteen games of the 1996-97 regular season and remained the head coach during the 1997-98 season where he compiled a 33-64 record as the King’s head coach. Jordan was later fired after the 1997-98 season.

Jordan joined the Nets coaching staff on March 17, 1999 and served as the lead assistant for four seasons. While in New Jersey, Jordan helped guide the squad to consecutive Atlantic Division and Eastern Conference Championships in 2002 and 2003.

Later that year, Jordan signed a four-year contract worth a little more than $3 million with the Washington Wizards and was introduced as head coach of the team on June 19, 2003. Washington finished with a 25-57 record during Jordan’s inaugural season as head coach. The following year, Jordan helped guide the Wizards to a 20-game improvement in 2004-05. Only the Chicago Bulls and Phoenix Suns experienced a greater improvement in total wins from the previous year.

On April 11, 2005 Jordan won his 100th career game as a head coach, and improved his career record to 103-158. During the 2004-2005 regular season, Jordan’s second with the Wizards, he led the team to a 45-37 record, which was the franchise’s best season since 1978-1979. The record established a new record for wins in a season at Verizon Center, earned the team a five seed in the Eastern Conference, and was the Wizards' first playoff berth since the 1996-1997 season. The Wizards played the fourth seeded Chicago Bulls and won the series four games to two. The team rallied from a 0-2 deficit to win the series with four consecutive wins. It was the team’s first postseason series win since 1982.

In the 2006-2007 season, Jordan guided the Wizards to a third straight playoff berth for the first time since 1988. Jordan won the Coach of the Month award for December, guiding Washington to a 12-4 record during that month. Jordan coached the Eastern Conference All-Stars at the NBA All-Star Game on February 18 in Las Vegas, the first coach from the franchise since Dick Motta in 1978-1979.

In four years with the Wizards, he has led the team to a 153-175 record including an 8-14 playoff record. Jordan is the longest tenured head coach in the Eastern Conference. In four years < and the longest tenured Wizards coach since Wes Unseld.

Eddie and his wife, Charrisse, have two children, a son, Jackson (7), and daughter, Skylar (5). Eddie also has three sons: Justin and Eddie II from his first marriage, and Paul from an earlier relationship.

• Profile as a player
• Profile as a coach

• (NBA 2006) NBA.com: Coaches – Eddie Jordan. Retrieved from the World Wide Web on January 17, 2006: [1]
• (NBA History 2006) NBA History: Steals Per Game - 1979-80. Retrieved from the World Wide Web on January 17, 2006: [2]
• Weeks, Linton. Team Alchemy. Retrieved from Washingtonpost.com on January 17, 2006. Appeared in print on Saturday, December 18, 2004. Page C01. [3]

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	Central	S. Skiles (Chicago)	M. Brown (Cleveland)	F. Saunders (Detroit)	J. O'Brien (Indiana)	L. Krystkowiak (Milwaukee)
	Southeast	M. Woodson (Atlanta)	S. Vincent (Charlotte)	P. Riley (Miami)	S. Van Gundy (Orlando)	E. Jordan (Washington)
Western Conference	Southwest	A. Johnson (Dallas)	R. Adelman (Houston)	M. Iavaroni (Memphis)	B. Scott (New Orleans)	G. Popovich (San Antonio)
	Northwest	G. Karl (Denver)	R. Wittman (Minnesota)	N. McMillan (Portland)	P. J. Carlesimo (Seattle)	J. Sloan (Utah)
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