Jordan Whittington joined the Bulldog men's basketball coaching staff as a graduate assistant for the 2021 season.
Whittington spent last season as an assistant boys basketball coach at Madison Central High School, where he was a 2015 graduate. Whittington also served as a coach for SR1, a Ridgeland-based grassroots team.
In 2018, Whittington was named co-head manager for the Mississippi State University men’s basketball team. While there, Whittington was part of the team that went to the NCAA Tournament and had seven players go on to play in the NBA. He also earned a bachelor’s degree in Sport Administration from MSU, in 2019. He earned a master’s degree in Sport Administration from Arkansas State in 2021.