Ronald Pearce “Whitey” Jordan
- 1954 graduate of Florence High School
- 1959 graduate of Clemson University
- Florence High School
- 1951‐54 Lettered four years in baseball
- 1952‐54 Lettered in basketball
- 1951‐53 Lettered three years in football
- 1953 Awarded as All State in football
- 1953 played in Shrine Bowl
- Clemson University
- 1954‐57 Lettered three years on Clemson football team while playing for the legendary Frank
Howard
- Played in the Orange Bowl while at Clemson
- Held Clemson record for yards per catch for a season at 30.9 from 1957 to 1988
- Inducted into the Clemson Athletic Hall of Fame
- Career
- 1959‐72 Coached at Clemson University for Frank Howard
- 1973‐81 Coached at Southern Mississippi for Bobby Collins
- 1982‐86 Coached at Southern Methodist for Bobby Collins and coached Eric Dickerson and Craig
James and they finished ranked #2
- 1987‐88 Coached at Wake Forest for Bill Dooley
- 1989 Coached at Florida for Galen Hall where he coached Emmitt Smith
- 1990-92 Coached at North Carolina for Mack Brown
- 1993 Coached at Clemson for Ken Hatfield
- 1994‐98 Served as Asst. Athletic Director for Football Operations at Clemson
- 1998‐2007 Coached in NFL Europe for Galen Hall where he has coached in 6 and his team has won
four “World Bowls” in 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2006
- Coached in 12 Bowl games in College