It took Butler athletic director Barry Collier just three days to identify, interview, and hire his new men’s basketball coach. On Monday, the Bulldogs announced that 2001 BU graduate and former men’s basketball player and assistant coach LaVall Jordan would be taking the reigns following the departure of Chris Holtmann to Ohio State.
The 38 year old Michigan native played for Butler from 1997-2001 when current BU athletic director Barry Collier was the head coach, and Jordan returned to the bench as an assistant coach to Todd Lickliter from 2004-2007. From there he spent time at Iowa and Michigan as an assistant before landing the head coaching job at Milwaukee in April 2016.