University of Massachusets Athletics
Men's Basketball
Jordan, Lucious
Lucious Jordan
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- ljordan04@umass.edu
- Phone:
- 545-2610
Lucious Jordan enters his third season as an assistant coach on Matt McCall’s staff in 2021-22, and fifth overall with the UMass basketball program. Jordan spent his first two seasons in Amherst as the director of operations before being promoted to assistant coach prior to the 2019-20 season.
During a COVID-19 shortened season in 2021-22 that saw 17 games postponed or cancelled, the Minutemen still managed to secure the No. 5 seed in the Atlantic 10 Championship, its highest seed since 2008. With one of the youngest squads in the conference, Massachusetts finished the season 8-7 overall and 6-4 in conference, tied for the 10th fewest games played in the NCAA. UMass advanced to the A-10 Quarterfinals for the first time since 2016 after a 34-point victory in the A-10 Second Round over Saint Joseph’s, the largest margin of victory in Atlantic 10 Championship Tournament history.
During his first year as an assistant coach in 2019-20, Jordan helped guide the Minutemen to a three-win improvement from the prior campaign with a 14-17 overall record, including an 8-10 mark in league play to finish the year with their most conference wins since the 2014-15 season to earn the No. 8 seed in the A-10 Tournament, its highest seed since 2015. UMass was playing some of its best basketball of the season, with wins in four of its final six games of the regular season, until the Atlantic 10 Tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19.
Led by freshman Tre Mitchell, who became the sixth player in team history and first since 2004 to be named the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year, UMass earned a first-round bye to the Atlantic 10 Tournament for the first time since 2016 and won 11 games at the Mullins Center. Mitchell set the UMass rookie record for field goals in a season with 206, was nine points away from breaking the program record for freshman points in a season, and was a six-time A-10 Rookie of the Week selection, the most for a Minuteman since 2004.
Jordan arrived at UMass after one year as the director of operations at his alma mater, Albany, in 2016-17. Prior to his time with the Great Danes, Jordan spent three seasons as an assistant coach nearby at Siena College, where he helped the Saints to a pair of CBI berths.
Before helping guide the Saints for three years, Jordan was the director of operations at James Madison University during the 2012-13 campaign. While working with the Dukes, Jordan oversaw team operations as James Madison won the CAA Championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament Second Round.
Jordan was formerly the coach of the Albany City Rocks AAU Team in 2010 and 2012 while he also guided the Green Tech Charter High School freshman team.
Jordan was a two-time co-captain of the Great Danes and key cog in the 2005-06 team’s success as Albany won the program’s first-ever America East Tournament. The America East All-Conference selection finished his career that also spanned two seasons at Loyola (Md.) with 1,418 points. After graduating with a degree in communication and sociology, Jordan traveled overseas and competed in the Netherlands for the Emmen Eagles while he also laced up for the Albany Patroons of the Continental Basketball Association from 2006-09.
The Capital Region standout played scholastically at Colonie Central and was inducted into the Capital Region Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010.
During a COVID-19 shortened season in 2021-22 that saw 17 games postponed or cancelled, the Minutemen still managed to secure the No. 5 seed in the Atlantic 10 Championship, its highest seed since 2008. With one of the youngest squads in the conference, Massachusetts finished the season 8-7 overall and 6-4 in conference, tied for the 10th fewest games played in the NCAA. UMass advanced to the A-10 Quarterfinals for the first time since 2016 after a 34-point victory in the A-10 Second Round over Saint Joseph’s, the largest margin of victory in Atlantic 10 Championship Tournament history.
During his first year as an assistant coach in 2019-20, Jordan helped guide the Minutemen to a three-win improvement from the prior campaign with a 14-17 overall record, including an 8-10 mark in league play to finish the year with their most conference wins since the 2014-15 season to earn the No. 8 seed in the A-10 Tournament, its highest seed since 2015. UMass was playing some of its best basketball of the season, with wins in four of its final six games of the regular season, until the Atlantic 10 Tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19.
Led by freshman Tre Mitchell, who became the sixth player in team history and first since 2004 to be named the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year, UMass earned a first-round bye to the Atlantic 10 Tournament for the first time since 2016 and won 11 games at the Mullins Center. Mitchell set the UMass rookie record for field goals in a season with 206, was nine points away from breaking the program record for freshman points in a season, and was a six-time A-10 Rookie of the Week selection, the most for a Minuteman since 2004.
Jordan arrived at UMass after one year as the director of operations at his alma mater, Albany, in 2016-17. Prior to his time with the Great Danes, Jordan spent three seasons as an assistant coach nearby at Siena College, where he helped the Saints to a pair of CBI berths.
Before helping guide the Saints for three years, Jordan was the director of operations at James Madison University during the 2012-13 campaign. While working with the Dukes, Jordan oversaw team operations as James Madison won the CAA Championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament Second Round.
Jordan was formerly the coach of the Albany City Rocks AAU Team in 2010 and 2012 while he also guided the Green Tech Charter High School freshman team.
Jordan was a two-time co-captain of the Great Danes and key cog in the 2005-06 team’s success as Albany won the program’s first-ever America East Tournament. The America East All-Conference selection finished his career that also spanned two seasons at Loyola (Md.) with 1,418 points. After graduating with a degree in communication and sociology, Jordan traveled overseas and competed in the Netherlands for the Emmen Eagles while he also laced up for the Albany Patroons of the Continental Basketball Association from 2006-09.
The Capital Region standout played scholastically at Colonie Central and was inducted into the Capital Region Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010.
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