Coach Jordan Turner Exemplifies Service, Character, and Commitment to Reinhardt University
Waleska, GA - With around 18 years as a student-athlete, staff member, and coach at Reinhardt University, Coach Jordan Turner will be taking a new path as he leaves Reinhardt for a new role as Associate Director of Graduate Admissions at the University of North Georgia.
Coach Turner's journey at Reinhardt began before his duties as a staff member and coach for the University. He was a standout runner for the cross country team at Reinhardt from 2003-2006. Over his career at Reinhardt, he had many accomplishments. He was the 2006-2007 recipient of Reinhardt's Golden Eagle Award, which is presented annually to the University's top student-athlete. He was a four-time member of the All-Southern States Athletic Conference Team and qualified for the NAIA national meet all four seasons from 2003-06. As a senior, he earned First Team All-Region XIII accolades and finished third at the SSAC Championship. In addition to these awards, Coach Turner was inducted into the Reinhardt Athletics Hall of Fame for his time with the Eagles.
After graduating from Reinhardt in 2007, Coach Turner spent some time in the Admissions Department for Reinhardt before being asked to head up the men's and women's cross country teams. Later on, he was asked to start the indoor and outdoor track programs at Reinhardt which he has been coaching for the past several years. He has had just as much success as a coach as he did as a runner for the Eagles and one of the best came this past outdoor track season when sophomore, David Friedberg, won the NAIA National Championship in the Javelin Throw. As you can see from the below coaching highlight list, Coach Turner has had a successful career at the helm of the Eagles Cross Country and Track Programs. You would not know how successful he has been from his modest demeanor, but he truly has accomplished many great things for Reinhardt both as an athlete and as a leader of student-athletes.
Coach Turner had this to say about his time at Reinhardt, "I have been blessed beyond measure to have spent a total of 14 years at Reinhardt as both a student and coach. I owe everything I have in my life to the experiences and relationships I've made while learning, serving, and leading while I was at Reinhardt. I'm thankful to Dr. Isherwood (former President) and Bill Popp for trusting someone with zero experience to come in a blaze my own path for what a successful XC/T&F program looked like. More than anything, I want to thank the tremendous student-athletes that I had the pleasure of working with for allowing me the privilege to help support them in their educational and athletic journeys at Reinhardt. We had our obstacles, but it's my hope they learned as much from me as I did from them along the way. My greatest memory will not be the championships, records, or races but rather the medical professionals, educators, lawyers, successful business leaders, et al that our program was able to produce. I'll forever be a Reinhardt Eagle and I'm excited to see the continued growth of Reinhardt Cross Country and Track & Field under the leadership of Coach Austin Brennan"
Coach Turner Coaching Highlights
Team Awards
2017 AAC Outdoor Men's Track & Field Champions
2017 AAC Men's Cross Country Champions
2018 AAC Outdoor Men's Track & Field Champions
2019 AAC Outdoor Men's Track & Field Champions
Nationals Team Finishes
23rd place team at 2017 NAIA Cross Country Nationals (Men)
36th place team at 2018 NAIA Indoor Track & Field Nationals (Men)
31st place team at 2018 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Nationals (Men)
57th place team at 2019 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Nationals (Men)
32nd place team at 2022 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Nationals (Men)
Individual
2 NAIA All-Americans
2 Individual AAC Conference Champions
1 Individual AAC Conference Runner-Up
10 AAC All-Conference Team Members (Top 14 at AAC Championship Meet) - (8 Men and 2 Women)
15 AAC Runner of the Week Award Winners (13 Men and 2 Women)
Men's & Women's Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field
1 National Champion –2022 Outdoor Nationals - David Friedberg – Javelin Throw -
2 NAIA National Individual Runners-Up (2018 Indoor & Outdoor – Qua Stocks – High Jump)
6 NAIA All-Americans
32 Individual AAC Conference Champions
4 Relay AAC Conference Champions
8 AAC Meet Records (Currently held)
105 AAC All-Conference Individual Team Members (Top 3 in individual Events) (97 Men & 8 Women)
10 AAC All-Conference Relay Teams (Top 3 in Relay Events) (8 Men & 2 Women's Relays)
22 AAC Track & Field Athlete of the Week Award Winners (19 Men and 3 Women)
2 USTFCCCA South Region Athletes of the Year (2018 XC – Jackson Helfrich) (2018 Men's Field – Qua Stocks)
NAIA All-Americans
2017 Outdoor – Gordon Dudley – Javelin
2018 Indoor – Qua Stocks – High Jump
2018 Outdoor – Qua Stocks – High Jump
2018 Outdoor – Qua Stocks – Long Jump
2018 Cross Country – Jose Diaz
2018 Cross Country – Jackson Helfrich
2019 Outdoor – Arius Gilstrap – 400m Hurdles
2022 Outdoor – David Friedberg – Javelin
94 student athletes graduating with a bachelors degree from Reinhardt University
72 NAIA Scholar Athletes (3.5+ GPA)
38 NAIA Scholar Team (3.0+ Team GPA)
4 AAC Coach of the Year Awards (2017 XC, 2017,2018 and 2019 T&F)
2017 – 2018 USTFCCCA Program of the Year – 17th place Finish Men's Team (NAIA programs that scored in all 3 national championships)