Brandon (BT) Jordan joined the Seahawks staff on March 15, 2023, his first season as an NFL assistant coach following one season as Michigan State's pass rush specialist.
Jordan, who has been in coaching since 2012, has specialized in training elite defensive linemen since 2018 while serving as CEO of Brandon Jordan Trench Performance. He has worked with more than 200 players on NFL rosters, including Seahawks Uchenna Nwosu and Al Woods, along with NFL Pro Bowlers Jadeveon Clowney, Maxx Crosby, Damon Harrison, Cameron Heyward, Chandler Jones, Von Miller Haason Reddick and T.J. Watt.
During Jordan's lone season in East Lansing in 2022, he helped develop the pass rushing skills of Jacoby Windmon, who recorded a career-high four sacks in his first game as a Spartan. Windmon was a three-time Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week and two-time National Defensive Player of the Week while leading the nation with six forced fumbles in addition to collecting 10.5 tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks.
Prior to the 2021 NFL season, Jordan took part in the NFL Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship program with the Arizona Cardinals.
He spent three seasons as the defensive line coach (2016-18) at John Ehret High School in New Orleans before founding his own training company, Brandon Jordan Trench Performance, in December 2018.
Jordan took a graduate assistant position at McKendree University in the spring of 2013, working with the tight ends and offensive line. Later that year in the fall of 2013, he moved to Austin Peay to serve as a graduate assistant, coaching the offensive line and tight ends. He worked with the Governors defensive line during spring practice in 2014 and was named the program's full-time defensive line coach for the 2014 and 2015 seasons.
Jordan began his collegiate coaching career in 2012 as an assistant offensive line coach at his alma mater, Missouri S&T, focusing on the tackle position. He helped the Miners to a 10-1 record and 7-1 mark in the Great Lakes Valley Conference.
A native of New Orleans, Jordan lettered one season (2006) at Ouachita Baptist before transferring to Missouri S&T, where he was a three-year letterwinner (2007-09) as a tackle for the Miners. He was a starter during the 2007 season but missed a majority of the season after suffering a hamstring injury. He returned to the starting lineup for the 2008 season and helped the Miners win the Great Lakes Football Conference championship.
Jordan graduated from Missouri S&T in 2009 with a bachelor's degree in business management and information systems. He transferred to Northern Michigan in 2010 for his final year of eligibility, but was unable to play for the Wildcats due to an injury.
Following his collegiate playing career, Jordan played football overseas. He was selected to represent the United States in the IFAF World Championship of American Football and also competed professionally, playing arena football for the Norway Bergen Storm and Paris La Courneuve Flash. He also went to training camp with the Arena Football League's New Orleans Voodoo.
Jordan attended Archbishop Shaw High in New Orleans where he played offensive line and graduated in 2005.
