Jordan Sullivan enters her fourth season as an assistant coach for the Utah women's basketball program.
She's helped Utah make three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances as well as a trip to the Sweet 16. She has been integral in developing some of the best post players in the Pac-12, including All-American Alissa Pili who was dubbed Pac-12 Player of the Year in 2023 and was later drafted to the WNBA by the Minnesota Lynx as the eighth overall selection.
Sullivan spent six years at Montana, five as an assistant coach and one as Director of Basketball Administration. During the 2021-22 season, Sullivan helped guide the Lady Griz to a 19-11 record and a mark of 12-8 in the Big Sky. The 19 wins were the most wins for Montana since the 2015-16 season. She coached Carmen Gfeller and Sophia Stiles to All-Big Sky Conference honors. Gfeller was only the second Lady Griz to earn first-team honors in the last eight years.
Montana finished the COVID affected season of 2020-21 with a record of 12-11, which was the second straight season above .500. Following the 2020-21 season, the Lady Griz had two players earn All-Big Sky honors in Gfeller and Abby Anderson.
The Lady Griz tied for fourth in the Big Sky in 2019-20, earned a bye at the league tournament, and won 17 games overall, which was the most since 2015-16. In her first year as an assistant, in 2017-18, the Lady Griz improved from seven to 14 wins and won a game at the Big Sky Conference tournament. In 2018-19, Montana once again won 14 games.
Sullivan was hired in 2016 to serve as the program's Director of Basketball Administration before being elevated to an assistant coach.
Sullivan played professionally in Denmark (2014-15) and Luxembourg (2015-16) following her collegiate playing days.
Sullivan was recruited to play for the Lady Griz by her uncle, former Montana coach Robin Selvig. She played in a then program-record 129 games for the Lady Griz and was a member of teams that won 81 games and advanced to three national tournaments. Montana faced UCLA in the 2011 NCAA tournament when Sullivan was a freshman and Georgia in 2013.
The Lady Griz went 23-11 in 2013-14, Sullivan's senior year. She was voted second-team All-Big Sky Conference after averaging a career-high 11.6 points. That team advanced to the second round of the WNIT. Sullivan was a two-time Big Sky Player of the Week in her career and was named the Montana AAU Little Sullivan Award winner following her senior season.
The four-time Academic All-Big Sky selection graduated from Montana in 2014 with a degree in marketing. She added a master's degree in business administration in 2021.