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| Full name | Jennifer A. Johnson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 8, 1973 (1973-06-08) (age 51) Tarzana,Los Angeles, California[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | UCLA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jennifer A. Johnson Jordan (born June 8, 1973) is an American femalebeach volleyball player. She won the silver medal at the1999 Beach Volleyball World Championships inMarseille, alongsideAnnett Davis.
She attended theUniversity of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and was a member of theirBruins volleyball team.[2] She competed in the2000 Summer Olympics with Davis, finishing in fifth place.[3]
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.[4]
On June 5, 2023 Johnson Jordan was named headWomen'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.[5]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 inauguralNCAA Beach Volleyball Championship in 2018, where the team finished the season with an impressive 40-4 record.[6]
She has won ten professional beach volleyball titles on the Pro 4's Tours:Federation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB),Women's Professional Volleyball Association (WPVA), BVA andAssociation of Volleyball Professionals (AVP).[6]
Johnson Jordan currently resides inTarzana, California, with husbandKevin Jordan, a former UCLA wide receiver, and their two children, Jaylen (born 2001) and Kory (born 2005).
She is the daughter of the Olympic decathlon championRafer Johnson and the niece of Pro Football Hall of Fame playerJimmy Johnson.
Johnson Jordan was a girls' varsity volleyball assistant coach at the Windward School inLos Angeles, California. She is now the associate head coach for beach volleyball at UCLA, where the team has won the 2018 and 2019national championships.
