Johnathan Jordan has resigned from his position as head coach of the Division I Eastern Illinois University (EIU) men’s and women’s swimming programs. Jordan was hired in July 2022 and was the team’s 3rd head coach in three years.
Jordan has resigned to “pursue a job outside of college athletics” according to the school’s announcement. The school will begin its next head coach immediately and now becomes one of five Division I head coaching jobs that remain open with just over a month until the fall semester begins.
The school is familiar with searching for head coaches for the program as Jordan became the 3rd head coach in 3 years back in 2022. First, Evan Sholudko resigned in July 2021. Then, the school parted ways with Tyler Donges in May 2022 after just 1 season with the program. Later that summer, Jordan took over the program and was the head coach for two years.
Both the men’s and women’s programs finished 8th out of 8 teams this past season at the 2024 Summit League Championships. The women were notably only 12 points behind 7th place University of Southern Indiana which was in its second season of competition. This past season’s finishes moved EIU down a spot in the conference after both the men and women of EIU finished ahead of USI in 2023.
In addition to moving down in the conference, the men’s program was suspended in the fall semester this past season after reports of hazing. At the time, numerous sources told SwimSwam that Jordan reported the hazing to the administration.
This guy got screwed over by his own institution, the profession just lost a genuinely good person.
Sign me up as an undergrad assistant. I can maintain this level of dysfunction, but at a slightly better cost point.
Not really EIU is one of the lowest paying coaching jobs in division one swimming…
You should be allowed to comment on job postings. Do it.
Starting to see more “pursue a job outside of (coaching)” lately. One thing that is always intriguing to me most posted on the swimswam jobs board have no pay listed.
From personal experience, I stopped coaching this past year for similar reasons (after 20 years). I am now earning over double what I was as a full time head coach.
On the other hand, there might be a lot fewer college coaching positions to fill in the next few years.