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Biography
Lloyd P. Jordan (December 14, 1900 – February 24, 1990) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Amherst College from 1932 to 1949 and at Harvard University from 1950 to 1956, compiling a career college football record of 101–72–8. Jordan was also the head basketball coach at Colgate University from 1928 to 1932 and at Amherst from 1932 to 1948, tallying a career college basketball mark of 159–103. He played football, basketball, and baseball at the University of Pittsburgh, from which he graduated in 1924. He served as the commissioner of the Southern Conference from 1960 to 1974. Jordan was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1978.
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst Lord Jeffs (Little Three Conference) (1932–1949) | |||||||||
| 1932 | Amherst | 6–2 | 2–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1933 | Amherst | 4–3–1 | 0–1–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 1934 | Amherst | 5–3 | 2–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1935 | Amherst | 5–3–1 | 1–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1936 | Amherst | 5–2–1 | 1–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1937 | Amherst | 7–1 | 2–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1938 | Amherst | 6–0–1 | 2–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1939 | Amherst | 4–4 | 0–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1940 | Amherst | 4–4 | 0–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1941 | Amherst | 5–3 | 1–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1942 | Amherst | 7–0 | 2–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1943 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
| 1944 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
| 1945 | Amherst | 1–3–1 | 0–0 | NA | |||||
| 1946 | Amherst | 3–4 | 0–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1947 | Amherst | 5–3 | 1–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1948 | Amherst | 6–2 | 1–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1949 | Amherst | 4–4 | 1–1 | 2nd | |||||
| Amherst: | 77–41–5 | 16–13–1 | |||||||
| Harvard Crimson (NCAA University Division independent) (1950–1955) | |||||||||
| 1950 | Harvard | 1–7 | |||||||
| 1951 | Harvard | 3–5–1 | |||||||
| 1952 | Harvard | 5–4 | |||||||
| 1953 | Harvard | 6–2 | |||||||
| 1954 | Harvard | 4–3–1 | |||||||
| 1955 | Harvard | 3–4–1 | |||||||
| Harvard Crimson (Ivy League) (1956) | |||||||||
| 1956 | Harvard | 2–6 | 2–5 | T–6th | |||||
| Harvard: | 24–31–3 | 2–5 | |||||||
| Total: | 101–72–8 | ||||||||