Barb Jordan enters her 20th season as head field hockey coach and associate women’s lacrosse coach at Gettysburg College in 2021-22. Jordan is the program’s all-time leader in wins with a career record of 174-146.
One of just four field hockey coaches at Gettysburg to reach 100 career wins, Jordan has guided the Bullets to a berth in the Centennial Conference playoffs 10 times and an ECAC Division III championship in 2005. Gettysburg has won at least 10 games in 10 campaigns, including tying a program record with 17 victories in 2005.
The Bullets returned to the postseason in 2019 after a seven-year hiatus, winning a first-round playoff game at Bryn Mawr College and then suffering a narrow one-goal defeat at the hands of No. 6 Johns Hopkins University. The team finished 11-9 overall and showed grit and determination by grinding out four overtime wins.
The Bullets have been ranked among the top-20 in the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division III national poll seven times during Jordan’s tenure. In 2009, the team posted a record of 14-5, marking the second-most victories under Jordan’s tutelage. Gettysburg was ranked as high as 13th in the national poll that season and reached the semifinals of the CC Tournament.
As an assistant with the Gettysburg women’s lacrosse team, Jordan has played in integral role in one of the top programs in the nation. She has helped lead the team to NCAA Division III championships in 2011, 2017, and 2018. Over the last 19 years with Jordan on staff, Gettysburg is 321-53, has claimed 10 conference championships, and has reached the NCAA Tournament 18 times. The team has made seven appearances in the national semifinals, including a runner-up finish in 2006. In 2011, Jordan was named NCAA Division III Assistant Coach of the Year by the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Association (IWLCA).
A 1986 graduate of Penn State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in recreation and parks, Jordan came to Gettysburg after compiling a 47-40 record in six years as head coach of the Bucknell University women’s lacrosse team, including a 13-3 mark in 1997. Her 47 victories were the most by a Bucknell women’s lacrosse coach.
In addition, she spent five seasons as an assistant coach with the Bucknell field hockey program, helping guide that squad to a program-record 14 victories in 1999.
Before arriving in Lewisburg, Jordan spent one year as an assistant women’s lacrosse coach at Division I Vanderbilt University and six years as a physical education teacher and varsity girl’s lacrosse coach at the National Cathedral School in Washington, D.C., serving as the chair of the physical education department from 1993-95.
At Penn State, Jordan was a three-time women's lacrosse All-American, as well as a three-time team most valuable player and team captain in 1985. She also earned varsity letters on the Nittany Lions' field hockey team in 1981 and 1982. She was a member of the United States women's lacrosse team from 1982-89 and was a starter on the 1986 U.S. World Cup that captured a silver medal. She also served as captain of the U.S. under-23 team that toured England, Scotland and Wales in 1987.
She won the Beth Allen Award in 1992, presented annually by the United States Women's Lacrosse Association to a lacrosse player at the national tournament who exhibits highly developed skills, discipline, and a sense of sportsmanship and spirit for the game. In November 2004, Jordan was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame and in 2018 she was inducted into the Penncrest High School Ring of Honor.
Career Highlights
- 20th season at Gettysburg
- Program's all-time wins leader at 174-146
- Led team to Centennial Conference playoffs 10 times
- 2005 ECAC Division III South champions
- Associate coach for the women's lacrosse team
- 2011 IWLCA Division III Assistant Coach of the Year
- Helped lacrosse team win national titles in 2011, 2017, 2018
- Former head lacrosse coach at Bucknell University (1996-01)
- Inducted into National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2004
- Inducted into Pencrest High School Ring of Honor in 2018
- Winner of Beth Allen Award (1992)
- Member of U.S. national team from 1982-89
- Led national team to silver medal at 1986 World Cup
- Three-time All-American in lacrosse at Penn State (1983-85)
| Overall |
Conference |
| School |
Year |
Wins |
Losses |
Pct. |
Wins |
Losses |
Pct. |
Finish |
Playoffs |
| Gettysburg |
2002 |
5 |
13 |
0.278 |
4 |
5 |
0.444 |
6th |
|
| Gettysburg |
2003 |
11 |
8 |
0.579 |
7 |
3 |
0.700 |
3rd |
2nd |
| Gettysburg |
2004 |
12 |
7 |
0.632 |
7 |
3 |
0.700 |
4th |
3rd |
| Gettysburg |
2005 |
17 |
6 |
0.739 |
9 |
1 |
0.900 |
2nd |
2nd |
| Gettysburg |
2006 |
10 |
8 |
0.556 |
6 |
4 |
0.600 |
5th |
5th |
| Gettysburg |
2007 |
11 |
7 |
0.611 |
7 |
3 |
0.700 |
4th |
5th |
| Gettysburg |
2008 |
13 |
6 |
0.684 |
8 |
2 |
0.800 |
3rd |
3rd |
| Gettysburg |
2009 |
14 |
5 |
0.737 |
8 |
2 |
0.800 |
2nd |
3rd |
| Gettysburg |
2010 |
9 |
9 |
0.500 |
7 |
3 |
0.700 |
4th |
5th |
| Gettysburg |
2011 |
7 |
9 |
0.438 |
5 |
5 |
0.500 |
7th |
|
| Gettysburg |
2012 |
12 |
5 |
0.706 |
7 |
3 |
0.700 |
3rd |
3rd |
| Gettysburg |
2013 |
10 |
6 |
0.625 |
5 |
5 |
0.500 |
6th |
|
| Gettysburg |
2014 |
4 |
12 |
0.250 |
2 |
8 |
0.200 |
9th |
|
| Gettysburg |
2015 |
8 |
9 |
0.471 |
4 |
6 |
0.400 |
7th |
|
| Gettysburg |
2016 |
7 |
8 |
0.467 |
5 |
5 |
0.500 |
6th |
|
| Gettysburg |
2017 |
7 |
9 |
0.438 |
5 |
5 |
0.500 |
T-5th |
|
| Gettysburg |
2018 |
6 |
10 |
0.375 |
3 |
7 |
0.300 |
T-7th |
|
| Gettysburg |
2019 |
11 |
9 |
0.550 |
5 |
5 |
0.500 |
5th |
3rd |
| Gettysburg |
2020* |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Totals |
18 |
174 |
146 |
0.544 |
104 |
75 |
0.581 |
|
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| *Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
