Jordan Ferrell

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Jordan Ferrell
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-07-15) July 15, 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Stockton, California
Team information
Current team
 Oakland Roots (technical director)
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2008 Cal State East Bay Pioneers 65 (6)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2009 Quelle Fürth
2009–2010 SpVgg Ansbach
Managerial career
2010 SpVgg Ansbach U-17 (assistant)
2011 Manteca FC (technical director)
2012–2013 San Joaquin Delta Mustangs
2013–2017 Pacific Tigers (assistant)
2017–2019 Sacramento Republic (academy)
2019 Oakland Roots (assistant)
2020 Oakland Roots
2020– Oakland Roots (technical director)
2021 Oakland Roots (interim)
2021 Oakland Roots
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jordan Ferrell (born 1987) is an American soccer coach and technical director with USL Championship club Oakland Roots SC.

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Playing career

Ferrell played four years of college soccer at Cal State East Bay Pioneers from 2005 to 2008. [1] He was considered a leader for the team and during his final two years with the team he was the captain. [2]

After graduating from college, Ferrell went on to play semi-professionally in Germany. [3] While there he played for SG Quelle Fürth in the Landesliga Bayern-Mitte and SpVgg Ansbach in the Bayernliga. [3] [4] [5] While his time in Germany was relatively short, it inspired him to get into coaching. [5]

Coaching career

Amateur and college

Ferrell began his coaching career while he was playing with SpVgg Ansbach in Germany. [5] While he was still playing with the first team he took a job working as an assistant with the U-17 team. Ferrell described it as an eye opening experience and he engrossed himself in the German coaching methods. [5] After he decided to retire from playing soccer professionally, Ferrell had the option to stay on as a coach with Ansbach in their youth academy, however, he decided to return to the United States and became the technical director of Manteca FC in 2011. [5]

While still working at Manteca FC, Ferrell became the head coach of the men's soccer program at San Joaquin Delta College. [6] In 2013, Ferrell joined the Pacific Tigers as an assistant coach for their men's soccer program. [7] During his time as the assistant coach of the Tigers, Ferrell was also the technical director of the Central Valley Monarcas academy. [8] He spent four seasons with the Tigers before moving on to join the Sacramento Republic's youth academy. [9] Among other roles in Sacramento's academy, Ferrell was the head coach of both the U-17 and U-19 sides. [9] [10]

Professional

On July 5, 2019, it was announced that Ferrell would join the Oakland Roots a new professional club that would play in National Independent Soccer Association, a third-tier professional league.[ citation needed ] Ferrell joined head coach Paul Bravo, fellow assistant Larry Jackson, player-coach Víctor Bernárdez, and technical consultant Eric Yamamoto as Oakland's inaugural coaching staff.[ citation needed ]

On December 3, 2019, the Roots announced that Ferrell would serve as the team's new head coach after the team had parted ways with Bravo. [11] [12] In his first campaign in charge of the Roots, Ferrell lead the team to a 1-1-0 record in NISA's fall season. [13] Ferrell further took the Roots to the NISA fall championship game, beating Chattanooga FC 3-2 and ultimately falling 2-1 to Detroit City FC in the championship. [14]

On November 16, 2020, Ferrell was named technical director of Oakland Roots and first team assistant Dario Pot named manager. [15] On April 25, 2021, Ferrell took over as interim head coach (while still technical director) after Pot and the club mutually parted ways. [16] On May 20, 2021, the club removed the interim tag for the remainder of the 2021 season. [17] After the signing of Juan Guerra as head coach, Ferrell was solely technical director again. [18]

Personal life

At the time of his appointment to be the head coach of the Oakland Roots, Ferrell was one of two African American head coaches among the 82 professional soccer teams in the United States. [12]

In an article published on The Players' Tribune, Ferrell spoke about what it meant to be an American-born black coach in Oakland, California, a city that "prides itself on the strength and the voice of its black community. [19] He wanted his side to make a positive difference in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd. [19] Ferrell started this by creating a space for his team to "be vulnerable, to be open and honest." [19] He further announced that the entire Oakland Roots organization was joining Common Goal and would donate 1% of their salaries to organizations that use soccer to combat inequality and justice. [19]

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References

  1. ↑ "Jordan Ferrell - Men's Soccer". Cal State East Bay University Athletics. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  2. ↑ Tavares, Steven (October 9, 2008). "The Maturation Of Jordan Ferrell". LUNATIC FRINGE REPORT. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "JORDAN FERRELL – Nürnberg, Germany". IFX International Futbol X-Change. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  4. ↑ "BOL-Auftakt mit Fürther Derby". nordbayern.de (in German). Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Q&A: Oakland Roots Head Coach Jordan Ferrell | NorCal Premier" . Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Jordan Ferrell". EXACT Sports. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Jordan Ferrell - Assistant Coach - Men's Soccer Coaches". University of the Pacific. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Q&A: Oakland Roots Head Coach Jordan Ferrell | NorCal Premier" . Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  9. 1 2 Communications, Republic FC (April 27, 2020). "Republic FC Academy Players have reaped the benefits of exposure to top coaches". Sacramento Republic FC - USL. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  10. ↑ Edreece (December 3, 2019). "Jordan Ferrell Named Head Coach of Oakland Roots SC". Oakland Roots SC. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  11. ↑ Edreece (December 3, 2019). "Jordan Ferrell Named Head Coach of Oakland Roots SC". Oakland Roots SC. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  12. 1 2 SFGATE, Douglas Zimmerman (February 29, 2020). "New Oakland Roots coach breaks pro soccer color barrier". SFGate. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Fall 2020 Schedule | National Independent Soccer Association". nisaofficial.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Fall 2020 Schedule | National Independent Soccer Association". nisaofficial.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  15. ↑ "HEAD COACH JORDAN FERRELL BECOMES ROOTS' TECHNICAL DIRECTOR AS 1ST TEAM ASSISTANT COACH DARIO POT STEPS UP TO BE HEAD COACH". oaklandrootssc.com. November 16, 2020. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
  16. ↑ "Roots, Head Coach Dario Pot Part Ways". USLChampionship.com. April 25, 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
  17. ↑ "ROOTS NAME JORDAN FERRELL FULL-TIME HEAD COACH FOR THE DURATION OF THE 2021 SEASON". OaklandRootsSC.com. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  18. ↑ "OAKLAND ROOTS ANNOUNCE JUAN GUERRA AS THE CLUB'S NEW HEAD COACH". OaklandRootsSC.com. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  19. 1 2 3 4 "It's Our Time". The Players' Tribune. June 30, 2020. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
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