(Photo: Michael Conroy, Associated Press)
When LaVall Jordan arrived at Michigan in 2010, the basketball program was in a state of flux.
The Wolverines were coming off a 15-17 season and the entire assistant coaching staff that started the year was replaced by the 2010-11 campaign.
But before Jordan left after six seasons for head-coaching stops at Milwaukee and Butler, he helped transform the Wolverines from a bubble team to a national-title contender.
While former coach John Beilein spearheaded the program’s revival, Jordan, an Albion native, was as instrumental as anyone in Michigan’s rise during his time in Ann Arbor.