Swimming & Diving
- Title:
- Head Coach
- Email:
- jcordry@athletics.ucla.edu
Jordan Cordry (formerly Wolfrum) enters her seventh season as head coach at UCLA in 2025-26. Cordry, who was most recently an associate head coach at Ohio State, was named the seventh head coach in program history on Jun. 27, 2019.
In sox previous seasons at UCLA, she has accrued a 26-21 dual meet record and five consecutive top-four finishes at the Pac-12 Championships.Cordry succeeded Cyndi Gallagher, who retired after the 2018-19 season following a 31-year tenure as head coach.
During the 2024-25 campaign, the Bruins entered their first year as members of the Big Ten Conference. UCLA had six individual student-athletes qualify for the NCAA Championships, along with four relay squads. At the NCAA Championships, Eden Cheng earned NCAA All-American Honorable Mention status for the third consecutive year on platform, highlighting the Bruins' performance at the national meet. Under her tutelage, Karolina Piechowicz and Claudia Yovanovich were both named to the Big Ten All-Freshman team, where the Bruins placed seventh as a squad in their inaugural Big Ten Championships appearance. UCLA also set three new school records in 2024-25, as Karolina Piechowicz set a school record in the 100 breast, while three relays had their school records broken (200 free, 200 medley, 400 medley).
The 2023-24 campaign was the best season yet under Cordry. UCLA finished fourth at the conference meet for the third consecutive season, propelling UCLA to its first top-25 NCAA Championships finish under Cordry, where the Bruins took 22nd overall. Under her watch seven Bruins earned spots at the NCAA Championships, where Paige MacEachern earned First Team All-American honors for finishing eighth in the 400 IM. Four Bruins also earned honorable mention All-American honors in 2023-24, with Rosie Murphy (400 IM), Eden Cheng (Platform), Lauren Hallaselka (3M springboard), and Savana Trueb (3M Springboard) all earning honorable mention status. The Bruins also finished fourth as a team at the Pac-12 Championships, breaking the 1,000 point barrier for the second-consecutive season, and four Bruins set school records at the meet with Eden Cheng (Platform dive), Paige MacEachern (400 IM), and Rosie Murphy (200 back, 200 IM) all setting new school records.
2022-23 was another great season for the Bruins under Cordry. The Bruins won six consecutive dual meets to open the season, had their most individual NCAA qualifiers (seven) since 2016, and had their most All-Americans (five) since 2017. In addition, Eden Cheng earned Pac-12 Freshman Diver of the Year honors. The season also saw school records fall in the 100 breast (Claire Grover), 400 IM (Paige MacEachern), 400 free relay, 200 medley relay, and platform diving (Cheng). UCLA had another standout showing at the Pac-12 Championships, placing fourth and breaking the 1,000-point barrier for the first time since 2017 (exempting 2020, in which the league meet didn't have full participation due to COVID-19 measures).
The 2021-22 campaign was another solid one for UCLA, as the Bruins finished fourth at Pac-12s and sent a group of four student-athletes to the NCAA Championships. At NCAAs, Claire Grover placed 13th in the 50 free to earn All-America honors and become the first Bruin swimmer to score at the national meet since 2017-18. UCLA had 45 finalists at Pac-12s – including 11 A Finalists – highlighted by third-place results for Claire Grover in the 100 free and Hannah Butler in 1-meter diving. The Bruins also set school records in both the 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay over the course of the year, and finished first at the five-team UNLV Invitational from Dec. 17-19.
Despite a shortened training and competition schedule due to COVID-19, the Bruins continued to make strides under Cordry in 2020-21. UCLA posted a 2-1 record in dual meets during the regular season, with the squad's only loss coming to eventual Pac-12 champion California. The Bruins capped off the regular season with a highlight-reel win over USC, clinching a 151-148 decision on the final relay of the two-day meet. It was UCLA's first dual win over USC since 2007. The Bruins went on to finish third at Pac-12s, the program's highest finish at the league meet since 2006. Highlights at Pac-12s included 14 "A" Finalists, two relay podiums, and a school record in the 100 fly from Sam Baron (51.65). UCLA sent a contingent of nine student-athletes to the 2021 NCAA Championships, including six individual qualifiers.
Her first year in Westwood was an inarguable success. The Bruins posted a 7-3 record in dual meets, opening the campaign with seven consecutive wins. UCLA would go on to finish fourth at Pac-12s, the program's best finish since 2014, while producing five CSCAA All-Americans. The Bruins' 400 medley relay team set a new school record (3:33.81) at Pac-12s, and five Bruins (three swimmers, two divers) would secure NCAA Championships qualification. UCLA also took care of business in the classroom, placing a dozen student-athletes on the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll.
Cordry was initially hired as an assistant coach at Ohio State in 2014 before being promoted to associate head coach prior to the 2016-17 campaign. She previously made coaching stops as a volunteer assistant coach at Stanford and as an assistant coach, associate head coach, and interim head coach at the College of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minn.
During her five-season run in Columbus, the Ohio State women compiled an impressive 48-9 record in dual meets and finished top-25 at the NCAA Championships on four occasions. The Buckeyes finished with just one dual meet loss in three of her five seasons (2014-15, 2016-17, 2017-18), and finished third at the B1G Championships in each of the past two years.
Cordry also helped the OSU men – who began competition prior to 2017-18 – to a 12-4 record over two seasons and a ninth-place finish at this year's NCAAs.
She had a hand in practically every facet of the Ohio State swim program, serving as the recruiting coordinator while taking the lead on compliance, team culture, academics, and budgeting. She also implemented a student-athlete development program centered on leadership and career growth.
On the pool deck, she worked mostly with the program's middle distance swimmers, helping produce nine NCAA qualifiers and seven school record-holders.
Cordry had a brief but productive stint with Stanford, helping the Cardinal women to a second-place finish at NCAAs in 2013-14. She worked extensively with the team's breaststrokers, helping Katie Olsen to a pair of top-five national finishes. The Cardinal set a trio of American records that year and an NCAA record in the 400 medley relay.
Her first collegiate coaching stop came at the College of Saint Benedict, where she spent three years as an assistant coach and one as head coach. She helped the Blazers to a fourth-place finish at the 2012 MIAC Championships. During her tenure, she coached 11 All-MIAC swimmers, including a team-record eight in 2012-13.
As a student-athlete, she was a four-year letterwinner and two-time team captain at St. Cloud State. Cordry helped the Huskies to a Northern Sun Swimming Championship in her senior season and qualified for conference championships four times. She graduated with honors in 2009, receiving a degree in mathematics with a minor in statistics.
