Florida Gators

Jordan Mincy coached six seasons at Florida from 2015-21, helping lead the Gators to a 123-75 record in Gainesville, including four straight 20-win seasons (2015-19) and four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, winning at least one game in each trip (2017-21). He was named the head coach at Jacksonville University following the 2020-21 season.
 
Mincy is a nationally-respected coach who was named to ESPN.com’s 40 Under 40 in the summer of 2020, checking in as the highest-rated assistant coach on the list at No. 7. He was also named to the Black Coaches Watch List in 2021, produced by the Advancement of Blacks in Sports (ABIS). In 2016, Mincy earned a spot on the National Association of Basketball Coaches’ 30-Under-30 Team.
 
He has helped the Gators become one of four teams in the nation to earn an NCAA Tournament win in each of the past four tournaments. During Mincy’s tenure, the Gators have recorded 18 top-25 wins, including 12 at neutral or road sites. Florida’s four top-25 road wins over the past six seasons are tied for the most in the SEC, while UF’s 63 SEC wins, six NCAA Tournament wins, 27 road SEC wins and 18 total top-25 wins all rank second in the league.
 
The Memphis native has coached three future NBA players at Florida in Dorian Finney-Smith, Devin Robinson and Chris Chiozza.
 
The Gators went 15-10 in the COVID-shortened 2020-21 season, a season that saw Florida earn a No. 7 seed in the NCAA Tournament and advance to the second round, despite the early-season loss of SEC Player of the Year Keyontae Johnson. Florida placed Tre Mann and Colin Castleton on All-SEC teams, as Mann produced the largest single-season scoring jump by a Gator since Joakim Noah in 2005-06, increasing his output from 5.3 points per game as a freshman to a team-leading 16.0 his sophomore season.
 
The Gators’ season was highlighted with a pair of marquee wins, defeating sixth-ranked Tennessee, 75-49, matching Florida’s largest win ever over a top-10 team, and a road victory at No. 11 West Virginia. The Gators averaged 5.24 blocked shots per game, only the second time in program history swatting more than five (5.31, 2005-06). During the 2020-21 season, Noah Locke moved into Florida’s all-time top-10 for 3-pointers made, becoming the ninth player in program history to eclipse 200 career 3-point field goals.
 
Florida posted a 19-12 mark in the 2019-20 season, in line for another NCAA Tournament bid before its season, along with the rest of the sports world, came to a standstill on March 12, 2020. The Gators earned the Charleston Classic championship, led by MVP Keyontae Johnson, defeating 18th-ranked Xavier in the championship. It marked UF’s first holiday tournament championship since 2009. The Gators also posted a 69-47 rout of #4 Auburn in Gainesville.
 
The 2019-20 season also saw two of the largest rallies in Florida history, as the Gators came back from 22 points down vs. Georgia, matching UF’s largest ever, and 21 down against Alabama.
 
Johnson and Kerry Blackshear Jr. earned All-SEC honors, and Scottie Lewis locked up a spot on the SEC All-Freshman team. In SEC play, the Gators led the league in field goal percentage (.470) and 3-point percentage (.376), while Noah Locke led the conference in 3-point percentage (.481).
 
The Gators accomplished all that while fielding one of the youngest teams in the nation and what would’ve been the youngest team in the entire NCAA Tournament field.
 
Florida’s 2018-19 season featured the team bouncing back from a 12-11 start to earn not only an NCAA Tournament bid, but a first-round victory against 20th-ranked and seventh-seeded Nevada. Mincy handled scout coach duties in both of Florida’s wins against LSU, which ranked 13th during UF’s win in Baton Rouge and ninth in the SEC Tournament victory.
 
Florida is one of 10 teams nationally with at least one win in the 2017, ’18 and ’19 NCAA Tournaments.
 
The Gators started three freshmen for the first time in 20 years and each of them turned in high-level seasons, as Noah Locke set UF’s freshman record for 3-pointers (81), SEC All-Freshman honoree Andrew Nembhard racked up 196 assists, the fourth-highest single-season total in Florida history, and Keyontae Johnson turned in four double-doubles, including three in the postseason.
 
UF led the SEC in scoring defense, allowing 63.6 points per game, and 3-point field goal defense, permitting opponents a .316 clip from long range.
 
Florida led the SEC in turnover margin (+4.0) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.3) in 2017-18, and All-SEC point guard Chris Chiozza led the conference with 6.2 assists per game and a 3.4 assist-to-turnover ratio. Chiozza set the Florida career record with 571 assists and became the second player in Florida history to dish 200+ assists in a season.
 
Florida’s offensive firepower was undeniable, as five different players combined for 22 individual 20-point performances. The Gators twice hit 17 3-pointers in a game (vs. Gonzaga, at Texas A&M), which tied for the third-most in a game in Florida history. Overall, five of the top 11 single-game 3-point performances in UF history came during May’s time on the bench.
 
The Gators put on a memorable show at the PK80 Tournament over Thanksgiving, averaging 101 points over three games, including an epic double-overtime win vs. Gonzaga in which Jalen Hudson scored 35 points and Chiozza became the first Gator in more than 20 years to record a 25-point, 10-assist performance. Over the three games in Portland, UF shot .486 from the floor and .513 from 3-point range. The Gators climbed to No. 5 in the AP poll following the event, the team’s highest rank since Florida finished the 2013-14 regular season at No. 1.
 
UF opened the season scoring 100+ points in four of the first five games, marking the first time UF ever reached the century mark four times in a five-game span. The Gators also set season-opener school records for most points (116) and most 3-pointers made (15).
 
In 2016-17, Florida earned a 27-9 record and reached the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. The Gators finished second in the SEC with a 14-4 record, matching the second-most conference wins in team history. Florida climbed as high as 12th nationally in both the AP and coaches polls and hit No. 3 in RPI and KenPom rankings.
 
The Gators boasted an All-SEC first-teamer in KeVaughn Allen, as well as SEC Sixth Man of the Year Canyon Barry and second-team All-SEC and All-Defensive Team honoree Kasey Hill. During the 2016-17 season, the Gators posted a top-10 season in school history in nine different categories including points and blocked shots.
 
The Gators went 21-15 in Mincy’s first season with the team, reaching the quarterfinals of the NIT. UF posted the first top-10 win in nearly five years, defeating ninth-ranked West Virginia. Dorian Finney-Smith earned All-SEC honors and posted an SEC All-Freshman season. Following that season, Mincy was named to the NABC 30-Under-30 Team.
 
Mincy joined Mike White’s initial coaching staff at Florida, coming to UF after one season at Louisiana Tech on White’s staff.
 
In 2014-15, Mincy’s first season on the bench for LA Tech, the team produced a 27-9 record and a 15-3 conference marl as the Bulldogs won the regular season C-USA championship by a two-game margin. LA Tech also sported a perfect 17-0 record on its home court. In conference play, the Bulldogs’ 158 steals were 31 more than the second-ranked team’s total. The Bulldogs were well-honored for their efforts with three players – Kenneth Smith, Raheem Appleby and Alex Hamilton – earning all-conference recognition, the most Bulldogs to receive the honor since the 1991-92 season.
 
As part of the Toledo coaching staff, Mincy's duties included scouting reports, recruiting and mentoring student-athletes. He also coordinated all team community service events. On the basketball floor, he was instrumental in player development for the guards and wings having been a former collegiate point guard in his own right. He worked with guard Julius Brown who averaged a team-high 14.9 points per game and a Mid-American Conference-best 6.0 assists per game en route to being a first team All-MAC honoree and a finalist for the Lou Henson Award which is given to the nation's top mid-major player.
 
As a team, he helped Toledo put together a record-setting season similar to LA Tech in 2013-14. The Rockets captured a share of the conference regular season title before falling in the MAC Tournament title game. The year concluded with a school-record 27 victories and an appearance in the NIT, as Toledo also set school records for most points, free throws made and free throws attempted.
 
At the College of Charleston, Mincy worked under Doug Wojcik in helping the Cougars post a 24-11 mark in 2012-13 while advancing to the Southern Conference championship game and making an appearance in the College Basketball Invitational. The highlight of the season came in a road victory over No. 21 Baylor.
 
Prior to joining the Cougars staff, he worked with Geno Ford and Rob Senderoff at Kent State. In his first season at KSU in 2010-11, Mincy helped oversee the development of MAC Defensive Player of the Year Michael Porrini, MAC Sixth-Man of the Year Carlton Guyton and MAC second-team honoree Rodriguez Sherman.
 
The Golden Flashes ended up with a 25-win season while becoming the first MAC team in 21 years, and just the second in 48 years, to win back-to-back outright regular season titles. Mincy assisted in leading a team that featured just one senior and 10 newcomers to the NIT quarterfinals by upsetting Saint Mary's and Fairfield on the road.
 
KSU followed that saw up with a 21-12 overall record in 2011-12 and a spot in the CollegeInsider.com Invitational.
 
Mincy spent the 2009-10 season working on staff with South Carolina before returning to the Kent State program where he spent his playing career.
 
As a four-year letterwinner at Kent State (2005-09), Mincy's 135 games played were more than anyone in MAC history at the time of his graduation. An instrumental leader on the floor, he led the team to 93 wins and two NCAA Tournament appearances. As a tremendous basketball distributor, he ranks seventh all-time on the school's career assists list, and Mincy also carried a reputation as one of the league’s best defenders.
 
Mincy earned his bachelor's degree from KSU in business marketing.
 
A native of Memphis, Tenn., Mincy is one of three siblings in his family to play college basketball. He led Ridgeway HS to the Tennessee Class 3A state championship in 2005.
 
He is a member of Kent State's Gamma Tau chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., and is married to the former LaTisha Carr.
 
Honors & Recognitions

• 2016 NABC 30-Under-30 Team
• 2020 ESPN.com 40 Under 40
• 2021 Black Coaches Watch List

School	Role	Years
Florida	Assistant Coach	2015-21
Louisiana Tech	Assistant Coach	2014-15
Toledo	Assistant Coach	2013-14
College of Charleston	Assistant Coach	2012-13
Kent State	Assistant Coach	2010-12
South Carolina	Graduate Staff Assistant	2009-10
Kent State	Student-Athlete	2005-09