Jordan McNary joined the Longwood softball coaching staff in the summer of 2023 and enters her second season with the program in 2025.
In McNary's first season, Longwood went 19-33 overall and 11-7 in the Big South, enduring the 71st toughest schedule in NCAA Division I softball in 2024 with its opposition playing to a .550 winning percentage. She helped mentor a Big-South-best nine players on the all-conference team, five College Sports Communicators academic all-district honorees and two who claimed Longwood University Joan of Arc Excellence Awards.
McNary, a former standout softball player at Louisville, joined Dr. Megan Brown’s staff following a season at Ball State. Prior to Ball State, McNary gained experience coaching at Morehead State in addition to coaching at the D-III, travel ball, and high-school levels.
“We are thrilled to welcome Coach McNary to the Longwood softball family,” said Dr. Brown. “She brings a wealth of experience from her time as a player in the ACC as well as her coaching experience.
“Her character, knowledge, work ethic, and experience coaching slappers and defense is the perfect fit for our team and staff. We are excited to have her on campus soon.”
In her roles at both Ball State and Morehead State, McNary held responsibility in recruiting efforts, creating practice plans, creating scouting reports, and much more. This past season, she helped the Cardinals finish fourth in the MAC and clinch a conference tournament berth for the first time since 2019.
As a player, McNary shined at Louisville. A four-year starter, she was named to the All-ACC second team in both 2016 and 2017 and was an AAC champion in 2014. McNary had a career batting average of .318 and the 10th most steals all-time in Louisville history with 37.
In the classroom, McNary was also an exemplary student. She was a three-time conference all-academic team selection in The American and ACC, a four-year recipient of the Woodford R. Porter Scholarship, an NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete, earned dean’s list honors three times, and received the Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award in 2015.
“I would like to thank coach Brown for this great opportunity to join the staff and work with some very talented student-athletes,” said McNary. “I can’t wait to get started to continue the success of the Lancer softball program.”
