Jenny Johnson Jordan

Jennifer A. Johnson Jordan is an American female beach volleyball player. She won the silver medal at the 1999 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Marseille, alongside Annett Davis.
She attended the University of California, Los Angeles, and was a member of their Bruins volleyball team. She competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics with Davis, finishing in fifth place.

Collegiate career

As a Bruin, Johnson Jordan played in 127 matches in her four years. She recorded 112 kills and 1,214 digs, and is one of only 12 Bruins to post at least 1,000 career digs and kills.

Awards

PAC-10, All-Academic Team, 1993 & 1995
PAC-10, First Team, 1993 & 1995
Volleyball Magazine's All-American – Honorable Mention

Professional career

On June 5, 2023 Johnson Jordan was named head Women's Beach Volleyball coach at UCLA, after she spent seven years as an assistant. She is only the second beach volleyball coach in school history. Stein Metzger was the first.
As both a player and a coach, she has achieved national titles. Notably, she played a crucial role in leading the Bruins to their inaugural NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship in 2018, where the team finished the season with an impressive 40-4 record.
She has won ten professional beach volleyball titles on the Pro 4's Tours: Federation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), Women's Professional Volleyball Association, BVA and Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP).

Professional awards and legacy

On October 5, 2018, she was inducted into the UCLA Hall of Fame.
Class of 2018 Beach Volleyball Hall of Fame Inductee
1999 -FIBV Championships, Silver Medal, Beach Volleyball
2004 Olympic Games Beach Volleyball Team
1997 FIVB - 4 Person World Beach Championship - Gold Medal

Personal

Johnson Jordan currently resides in Tarzana, California, with husband Kevin Jordan, a former UCLA wide receiver, and their two children, Jaylen and Kory.
She is the daughter of the Olympic decathlon champion Rafer Johnson and the niece of Pro Football Hall of Fame player Jimmy Johnson.
Johnson Jordan was a girls' varsity volleyball assistant coach at the Windward School in Los Angeles, California. She is now the head coach for beach volleyball at UCLA, where the team has won the 2018 and 2019 national championships.