Jordan Strom enters his eighth year as the Head Men's Basketball Coach at his alma mater and tenth 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 seven seasons as the Head Men's Basketball Coach, he has led MCC to a 151-77 record, a 66.2% winning percentage. Since his arrival in 2019-20, The Thunder have won at least a share of six of seven regular season conference titles and five conference tournament championships with two NCCAA Region titles. Coach Strom was named the NCCAA National Coach of the Year in the 2024-25 season.
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 Eight run and finished 5th in the nation. Strom has been named NCCAA Region Coach of the Year four times.
In nine seasons as a head coach, Strom has an overall record of 177-103 along with a 71-7 record in Midwest Christian College Conference play. His teams have been to seven NCCAA National Tournaments with seven Elite Eight trips and three Final Four appearances with one trip to the National Championship game. His teams have won six regular season conference titles, five conference tournament titles and two NCCAA Region Championship. Strom has coached 13 Academic All-Americans, seven NCCAA All-Americans, 18 NCCAA All-Region players, two Region MVP winners, 24 All-Conference players and four 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 two kids, Harper and Pierce.
