Women's Basketball
Cynthia Jordan
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- CynthiaJ@gators.ufl.edu
- Phone:
- 5596
Cynthia "CJ" Jordan originally joined the Florida coaching staff in 2022, and has since helped the Gators to four straight winning seasons, and three postseason berths. Included during that stretch were top-25 wins over No. 20 Alabama in 2025 and No. 19/20 Ole Miss during the 2026 season.
Over the past four years, Jordan assisted in the recruiting and development of a trio of McDonald's All-American's in Liv McGill, Me'Arah O'Neal and Laila Reynolds. McGill earned Associated Press and WBCA Honorable Mention All-America accolades in 2025-26, was honored with a spot on the All-SEC First Team, and was named to the Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year Award Midseason Watch List. McGill and O'Neal also each earned SEC Player of the Week honors in 2025-26.
Prior to making her way to Florida, Jordan served as both the director of women’s basketball operations (2012-22) and video coordinator (2008-11) for Head Coach Dawn Staley at South Carolina. The Gamecocks won two NCAA Championships, seven SEC Tournament titles, six regular season conference championships, and more than 350 games during Jordan’s time in Columbia, as she worked alongside some of the greatest players in the game in A’ja Wilson and Aliyah Boston.
In 2007, Jordan began her career in collegiate athletics as a graduate assistant at her alma mater, Temple.
On the court, Jordan was a four-year letter winner for the Owls women’s basketball team under Staley before playing professionally overseas. As a senior, she averaged 11.9 points, 4.3 assists, 3.1 rebounds and 1.96 steals per game while connecting on 40.0 percent of her three-pointers, and a conference-leading 79.5 percent of her free throw attempts. That same season, Temple won a program-record 28 games, finshed the year ranked 15th in the nation by the Associated Press (the first national-ranking for the program) and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for just the second time in program history.
Jordan earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration and marketing in 2004, and her master’s degree in sports and recreation administration in 2009, both from Temple.
Over the past four years, Jordan assisted in the recruiting and development of a trio of McDonald's All-American's in Liv McGill, Me'Arah O'Neal and Laila Reynolds. McGill earned Associated Press and WBCA Honorable Mention All-America accolades in 2025-26, was honored with a spot on the All-SEC First Team, and was named to the Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year Award Midseason Watch List. McGill and O'Neal also each earned SEC Player of the Week honors in 2025-26.
Prior to making her way to Florida, Jordan served as both the director of women’s basketball operations (2012-22) and video coordinator (2008-11) for Head Coach Dawn Staley at South Carolina. The Gamecocks won two NCAA Championships, seven SEC Tournament titles, six regular season conference championships, and more than 350 games during Jordan’s time in Columbia, as she worked alongside some of the greatest players in the game in A’ja Wilson and Aliyah Boston.
In 2007, Jordan began her career in collegiate athletics as a graduate assistant at her alma mater, Temple.
On the court, Jordan was a four-year letter winner for the Owls women’s basketball team under Staley before playing professionally overseas. As a senior, she averaged 11.9 points, 4.3 assists, 3.1 rebounds and 1.96 steals per game while connecting on 40.0 percent of her three-pointers, and a conference-leading 79.5 percent of her free throw attempts. That same season, Temple won a program-record 28 games, finshed the year ranked 15th in the nation by the Associated Press (the first national-ranking for the program) and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for just the second time in program history.
Jordan earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration and marketing in 2004, and her master’s degree in sports and recreation administration in 2009, both from Temple.
Tammi Reiss Introductory Press Conference | 3-24-26
Wednesday, March 25
SEC Tournament: Liv McGill and Coach Finley Postgame Press Conference 3-5-26
Thursday, March 05
SEC Tournament Postgame Press Conference 3-4-26
Wednesday, March 04
SEC Tournament: Liv McGill, Me'Arah O'Neal and Coach Finley Postgame Press Conference 3-4-26
Wednesday, March 04
