SELINSGROVE, PA - Susquehanna University head men's and women's tennis coach Bob Jordan '71 has announced his retirement after 32 years of service to the university, effective July 1. Of course his devotion to Susquehanna runs deeper than just as tennis head coach, graduating from SU in 1971 where he was the men's tennis team captain and number-one singles player. 

"Coach Bob Jordan's impact on Susquehanna University extends far beyond wins and championships.," related Director of Athletics Sharief Hashim. "We are deeply grateful for his service, leadership, and unwavering devotion to Susquehanna University. On behalf of the entire River Hawk community, I congratulate Coach Jordan on an extraordinary career and wish him all the best in retirement."

Coach Jordan, also known as "Rip", became a resident of Selinsgrove after graduating and served as a tennis instructor at Susquehanna Valley Country Club and as boys' tennis coach at Selinsgrove High School. In 1994 he took over the women's tennis program at Susquehanna. In his first 13 seasons with the women the team netted 69 wins, mentoring a pair of MAC Players of the Year in Tara McHugh (2002) and Danielle Dormer (2005), with McHugh also being crowned MAC singles champion in 2002. This era highlighted a four-year stretch where Susquehanna won 32 matches amidst a formidable MAC schedule, finishing second in the MAC Commonwealth in 2001-02 with an 8-3 record and 6-1 league mark, followed by the first ten-win season in program history the next year with a 10-2 record and 5-2 in the Commonwealth in 2002-03. This success carried over when Susquehanna made the move to the Landmark Conference in 2007, where Jordan and his staff earned Women's Coaching Staff of the Year in 2011-12 after SU set a program record with ten wins in a season and picking up the regular season conference championship. The team had three First Team All-Landmark recipients in Julia Lerner, Shelby O'Riley, and Abigail Hess. The next year Susquehanna set another program record for consecutive wins after starting the season 10-0, with Hess and O'Riley again earning All-Landmark praise.

Jordan added men's coaching duties for the 2007-08 season, taking over a team that had not won more than four matches in a season since 1999. By his third year the team doubled that with the first of back-to-back eight-win seasons in 2009-10 and 2010-11. Between 2017 and 2019 Jordan coached just the men, combining for 23 wins in that span. The 2017-18 team reached the Landmark Conference Tournament after going 10-6 with a 4-3 league mark, which earned Jordan and company Men's Coaching Staff of the Year. The next season the River Hawks set a program record with 13 wins, going 13-5 and 4-3 again in the Landmark. The team tacked on another ten-win season in 2021-22 with a 10-5 mark and 5-2 in conference play, capped by Emil Vyskocil earning First Team All-Landmark in singles for the second straight year. In 2024 Jordan earned his 100th career win with the men as Susquehanna defeated Elizabethtwon 6-3 on Mar. 24. In spring of '25 the men returned to the Landmark Conference Tournament as the first-year tandem of Logan Rauschenberger and Tyler Hester were awarded All-Landmark Second Team Doubles, while Rauschenberger was lauded First Team Singles and Landmark Rookie of the Year. Rauschenberger replicated this feat in 2026, earning Second Team Singles.