ANN ARBOR -- Michigan basketball's coaching staff is seeing its first shakeup in six years.

LaVall Jordan, a six-year assistant on coach John Beilein's staff at U-M, was named head coach of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Thursday night, via a university press release.

Jordan will replace Rob Jeter, who was fired in mid-March after 11 years leading the Panthers. Milwaukee finished 20-13 last season.

"I am extremely excited about the potential for this program," Jordan said in the release. "There is a proud tradition of success at Milwaukee and our goal is to consistently compete for championships in the Horizon League. I cannot wait to get started."

Beilein hired Jordan in 2010-11, assigning him the task of sparking Michigan's recruiting efforts and working with the Wolverines' guards.

Michigan reached the NCAA Tournament in each of Jordan's first four seasons on the staff, including trips to the 2013 Final Four and 2014 Elite Eight, and made a fifth appearance this season after the missing the postseason a year ago. The Wolverines posted a 143-70 overall record and a 67-41 record in Big Ten play.

Jordan joined Beilein's staff after assistant coaching stints at Iowa and Butler, his alma mater.

"Milwaukee has made a fabulous hire," Beilein said. "I knew within the first few months of coaching with Val that he is a rising star and would make an outstanding coach one day. He will have a terrific impact on the Milwaukee program immediately as well as in the future."

For Michigan, an assistant coaching staff of Jordan, Bacari Alexander and Jeff Meyer will now see turnover for the first time in six years, since Jordan was hired in June 2010.

Addressing the possibility of losing a member of his staff on Wednesday, Beilein said called it "long overdue" for someone to receive a head-coaching opportunity.

"They are really ready to be coaches," Beilein said. "The fact that we've been together for six years -- continuity for six years, that doesn't happen very often. They are really ready to be head coaches."

This could only be the first move in a significant shakeup for Beilein's coaching staff. Alexander is much involved with the open head coaching position at the University of Detroit Mercy, his alma mater.

Long considered a rising star among young coaches, Jordan was often the subject of offseason job rumors in recent years, specifically when the coveted head-coaching position came open at Butler.

As a player, Jordan was a two-time All-Midwestern Collegiate Conference selection and helped lead Butler to NCAA Tournament appearances in 1998, 2000 and 2001.

Jordan was in the midst of a contract at Michigan paying $205,000 last season and climbing $230,000 in 2017-18, making him U-M's highest paid assistant.

Jordan would go onto spend four years (2003-07) on Todd Lickliter's staff at Butler before following him to Iowa.

"I am thrilled to welcome LaVall, his wife, Destinee, and their children to the Milwaukee family," Milwaukee director of athletics Amanda Braun said. "LaVall has impeccable character and integrity and he has been a winner both as a player and as a coach. Widely regarded as an excellent recruiter, LaVall also has a proven track record in player development. This is an exciting day for Milwaukee basketball."



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