Fred Jordan (born ) is an American college

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, who was the 26th Head Coach of

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team, located in

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, he held that position from 1992–2017. Jordan is a 1979 graduate of

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. His career coaching record at The Citadel was 831 wins and 706 losses; he is the winningest coach in Citadel and

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history as well as 5th at The Citadel in winning percentage. Under Jordan, The Citadel appeared in 7 NCAA Regionals, won 7

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championships and claimed 5 SoCon regular season championships. Jordan coached 35 players that were selected in the

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. Coach Jordan won his 800th game on February 20, 2016 with a 5–4 victory over

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. He was the 27th coach to achieve 800 wins at the Division I level.

Head coaching record

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