Jordan Sweeney will enter his first season as head coach of the Tiffin University women's basketball program during the 2026-27 academic year.
Sweeney comes to Tiffin after a three-year stint as associate head coach at Northern Michigan University. Competing in one of the premier Division II conferences, the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC), Sweeney helped guide the Wildcats to a 70-27 overall record, including back-to-back trips to the second round of the NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Championship in 2025 and 2026.
It was a historic season for Northern Michigan during the 2025-26 season, as the Wildcats' 25 wins marked their highest total since the 1999-2000 season and they climbed as high as No. 21 in the WBCA NCAA Division II Coaches Poll. During his tenure, Sweeney played a key role in developing multiple all-conference and All-American student-athletes.
During the 2021-22 season, Sweeney served as the head coach at NAIA Union Commonwealth University. Prior to that, he was the head coach at the University of Michigan-Dearborn for five seasons, where he led the program to historic success. In 2018-19, he earned both University of Michigan-Dearborn Coach of the Year and Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan (BCAM) Women's College Coach of the Year honors. Sweeney also developed numerous all-conference student-athletes, including the program's first-ever All-American.
Proceeding his time at UM-Dearborn, he was an assistant coach for the Ferris State University men's program from 2013-15 where he helped contribute to a GLIAC Championship and an NCAA Tournament appearance.
Sweeney graduated from Central Michigan University in 2013 with a bachelor's degree in physical education and a minor in personal and community health.
6/26/2026
