Jordan Strom enters his seventh year as the Head Men's Basketball Coach at his alma mater and ninth year overall as a Head Coach. He was named the 13th head coach in program history in August of 2019. In 2019-20, his first year as the Head Men's Basketball Coach at MCC, the Thunder finished 19-11 winning the Midwest Christian College Conference and the NCCAA Southwest Region titles while finishing the pandemic shortened season as the #2 seed at the NCCAA National Tournament. In six seasons as the Head Men's Basketball Coach he has led MCC to a 126-64 record. The Thunder have won at least a share of six straight regular season conference titles and four conference tournament championships with one NCCAA region title. Coach Strom was named the NCCAA National Coach of the Year in 2025.
Before his return to MCC, Strom served in the same role from 2017-2019 at Dallas Christian College. In his first year as the Head Coach at DCC, the Crusaders made a big leap forward improving their win total by 16 games finishing the year 18-9 and qualifying for the 2018 NCCAA National Tournament where they made an Elite 8 run and finished 5th in the nation. Strom has been named NCCAA Region Coach of the Year in 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2025.
In eight seasons as a Head Coach, Strom has an overall record of 152-93 along with a 62-4 record in conference play. His teams have been to 6 NCCAA National Tournaments with 6 Elite Eight trips and 3 Final Four appearances with 1 trip to the National Championship game. His teams have won 6 regular season conference titles, 4 conference tournament titles and 1 NCCAA Region Championship. Strom has coached 11 Academic All-Americans, 6 NCCAA All-Americans, 14 NCCAA All-Region players, 2 Region MVP winners, 20 All-Conference players and 4 Midwest Christian College Conference MVP winners.
Coach Strom also serves as the Vice President for Student Life at MCC and earned his B.S. in Christian Education from MCC in 2011 and his M.S. in College Student Personnel/Academic Advising from Kansas State University in 2016. Jordan and his wife, Becca, live in Manhattan with their twelve year old daughter, Harper and their ten year old son, Pierce.
