Dennis Jordan: North Paulding High School
Jordan was inducted into the Georgia Dugout Club Hall of Fame in 2020.
To say Dennis Jordan was humbled to be inducted into the Georgia Dugout Club Hall of Fame is an understatement.
"I'm thankful and blessed," Jordan said. "Shocked may not be the right term. I'm blessed to be able to share the same stage with some of the guys I've coached against."
He was inducted into the Georgia Dugout Club Hall of Fame in 2020.
Jordan graduated from Tennessee in 1982 and the longtime North Paulding and Walton head baseball coach got his start as an assistant at South Cobb High in 1983 under the late Frank Worthy, also a Georgia Dugout Club Hall of Fame member.
In 1986, he got his first head baseball job at Walton where he also was a football assistant. Jordan's teams were some of the best in Cobb County and the state. From 1986-2002, he coached the Raiders. They won the school's first state baseball title in 1992. He guided the program to two state runner-up finishes in 1991 and '96, three trips to the state semifinals and six region titles in Georgia's highest classification.
He was named Georgia Athletic Coaches Association Region Coach of the Year six times, Atlanta Braves 400 Club Coach of the Year twice (1991, '92) and he coached Team Georgia in the Sunbelt Classic from 1992-95.
In 2002, he took over as head baseball coach at Kell and was a football assistant for two years. He became Director of Baseball Operations for East Cobb Baseball from 2005-2012 before taking over as head baseball coach at North Paulding in 2012.
His overall coaching record is 550-224. Jordan retired after the 2022 season. He guided teams at North Paulding to three quarterfinal appearances and a state runner-up finish in 2021.
Jordan has extensive experience coaching travel baseball. He coached the East Cobb Astros 15U team and served as an instructor. He was an assistant on the 16U AAU squad at East Cobb that won the AAU national title seven times, while his 15U team won national titles every year from 2006-2011.
He also guided travel teams to national titles in 2010 and '11, winning the Perfect Game BCS/WWBA.
"I've been fortunate to be around a lot of high-character people," Jordan said. "Hopefully, along the way, I've done something right."