UAPB Athletics Named Chris Jordan Director of Sports Performance

The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Director of Athletics Chris Robinson announced on Wednesday that Chris Jordan will be promoted to Director of Sports Performance.

Jordan has worked with UAPB athletics since 2021 as the Assistant Strength Coach, but this will be his first as the Director of Sports Performance.

Over the course of his career, Jordan has focused on day one in building strong relationships with student-athletes, staff and helping the young men and women each day to become the best individual they can be on and off the field.

Before coming to UAPB as the Assistant Strength Coach, Coach Jordan served as the Director for Sports Performance for Bryant Public Schools and the nationally-ranked Bryant Hornets football program for five years, where they won 3 consecutive Arkansas State titles with a record of 56-8 under the leadership of Jordan as the Strength coach from 2016-2021.

Jordan came to Bryant athletics from Arkansas State University, where he worked with the football program and all Olympic sports from 2015-2016. Jordan also worked directly with the women’s bowling program, which won the Sunbelt conference championship in 2016.

Prior to Arkansas St., Jordan spent time at his alma mater, the University of Central Arkansas as an intern from 2012-15.

Jordan is a 2004 graduate from the University of Central Arkansas with a bachelor’s in Exercise Science, where he was a five-year letterman for the Bears football program.