Jordan Jeffers took the helm of Charleston Southern Men's Golf in the summer of 2019 and serves as the head coach of both the men's and women's golf programs at Charleston Southern. The 2023-24 season will mark the fourth year that Jeffers leads the Buccaneer golf teams.
In 2022-23, he was most successful, as he was named Big South Co-Coach of the Year. The year was highlighted by two first-places finishes on the women's side, taking home a trophy in the Eisto Classic Invitational and the Buccaneer Classic and a spot in the Big South Tournament Championship. Jeffers was instrumental in the development of Laerke Jensen and Caroline Engelbredt, who were both Second-Team All-Conference in the Big South.
On the men's side, the Bucs finished as Big South runner's up under the direction of Jeffers. The team began the season in the VCU Shootout, where they finished in first place out of 14 teams. Two golfers, Layne Lambert and Ben Carroll, were First-Team All-Conference, while Theodor Tackman was named to the All-Freshman Team.
In his first year as head coach of the men's program, the Buccaneers won the Big South Conference Championship, the fourth in program history. Ben Carroll and Alan Smith were tabbed to the All-Big South Honorable Mention squad, while Griffin Tarver garnered All-Big South Freshman Team honors.
In the 2020-21 season Jeffers guided a women's roster that featured two true freshmen and a transfer to a season-opening third-place result at the Battle at Old South. The Buccaneers topped Cincinnati and Jacksonville over the opening weekend in match play on their way to finishing among the best in the field. Freshmen Caroline Engelbredt (8th) and junior Isabell Friberg (19th) both finished among the conference’s scoring leaders, while Friberg earned Big South Golfer of the Week honors during the season.
The 2019-20 season was cut short due to COVID, but the Bucs made strides in their first year under Jeffers’ leadership. Ellen Hume took home two individual titles and posted five top-10 finishes on her way to finishing second in the Big South in stroke average. The Bucs took the title at the Wescott Shootout and added a top-10 finish at the Elon Invitational to highlight the season.
Jeffers spent five seasons as an assistant coach at HBU working with both teams and was key to the success of the Huskies' women's program over the last several years. HBU advanced to the NCAA Women's Tournament in two of the last three seasons, including back-to-back appearances in both 2017 and 2018.
Jeffers looks forward to returning the CSU women's golf program back among the Big South elite and build off strong performances in the conference tournament over the last few seasons.
In his final season at HBU, the Huskies finished third in the Southland Conference women's golf championship highlighted by Kaity Cummings' third-place result in the field, while Lexi Brooks (6th) and Sara Zrnikova (T-7th).
HBU made it back-to-back seasons in the NCAA Tournament in 2017-18 as the Huskies took home the team Southland title, while Cummings' claimed the Southland individual championship. Houston Baptist finished 14th overall at the NCAA Austin Regional in the 2017-18 season.
In 2016-17, the women's team finished first at the Southland Conference Championship which included a first-place finish for Lexi Brooks and a third-place finish for Alisa Chong. With this win, the women's team received an automatic qualification to the NCAA regionals event hosted by the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM.
Overall during his time at HBU, the women's golf team posted five top-three finishes in the Southland Conference Championships, as well as two individual conference champions. The Huskies recorded 12 first-place finishes and 36 top-five finishes over his five seasons with the program.
In addition to the success of the women's program, Houston Baptist also posted several accolades on the men's side. The Huskies recorded 10 top-five team finishes over his five years with the program, including a team scoring average of 297.31 over four years. He coached three athletes to All-Southland Conference teams during his tenure.
Prior to Houston Baptist, Jeffers served as an assistant to Head Golf Coach Paul Chavez at Odessa College from 2012-2014. He helped with the Odessa men's golf team, while also providing private lessons and organizing junior golf camps.
Jeffers was no stranger to HBU, as he competed on the 2009 Great West Conference championship team. In that season, he was named the GWC Newcomer of the Year and finished as the individual runner-up at the conference championship.
Jeffers was a PING All-American and two-time state finalist at Odessa College, following a standout career at Dalhart High School. He earned his Bachelor of General Studies degree at West Texas A&M.
