Eddie Jordan

ABOUT EDDIE JORDAN

Former basketball player for the Portland Trailblazers and Lakers; became a coach for the Philadelphia 76ers and Sacramento Kings. He coached Rutgers from 2013 until 2016.

He was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers after playing basketball at Rutgers University.

He retired from the NBA in 1984. His final professional coaching position was as the assistant for Charlotte Hornets from 2017 until 2018.

He has two children with Charrisse Jordan , whom he married in 1998.

He was hired as an assistant coach for the Lakers, where Mike Brown was head coach before being fired a few games into the season.