After serving two seasons as a graduate assistant coach at Howard Payne, Jorden joined the HPU coaching staff full-time as an assistant coach in May of 2017. Graduating from Howard Payne in 2015 with a degree in exercise and sport science, Jorden started in 52 of 82 games played over four seasons for the Yellow Jackets. Scoring 403 career points, Jorden also excelled in the classroom being named three times to the ASC Academic Honor Roll as well as being named to the ASC Distinguished ScholarAthlete team for mens basketball in 2013. While working as a graduate assistant coach for the Yellow Jackets, Jorden helped with on court coaching, practice instruction and recruiting. He completed a master of education in May of 2017 in Sport and Wellness Leadership at Howard Payne.