Jeff Jordan
St. Paris Graham High School
Impact Statement
“I’ve always told people that I have the greatest job in the world.” -Jeff Jordan
Biography
“Jeff Jordan has built a program at St. Paris Graham that competes with the best in the nation year after year,” said NHSCA executive director Bob Ferraro. “The NHSCA is proud to honor Coach Jordan as the National High School Wrestling Coach of the Year.”
Jordan became the head coach in 2002 and coached the Graham Falcons to a third straight Division 2 Ohio State Tournament championship, this time by a margin of more than 100 points. Graham also won the state’s dual meet title in Division 2 in 2003. Nationally, Jordan’s squad was ranked among the elite in the nation from season’s start to finish, and placed third at the prestigious Beast of the East Tournament and second in the Walsh Iron Man Invitational. Jordan, who won four individual Ohio state championships of his own while wrestling for Graham in the early 1980’s, has turned his alma mater into one of the nation’s most respected programs.
Since his honoring in 2003, Jordan and his teams continued to rack in the accolades. Overall, Jordan coached 86 State Champions and 105 Medalists. Twenty-eight of his wrestlers went on to earn NCAA All American honors. As a team, the were deemed the National Champions in 2008, 2010 and 2015.
Jeff announced his retirement in 2018. His last duty as a coach was coaching his son, Rocky, to a state championship and the team to be champions over perennial powerhouse, St. Ed’s. What a great way to end an illustrious career.
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