Jordan Langs - Football Coach - Iowa State University Athletics

Jordan Langs

Title:
Running Backs/Special Teams Coordinator
Email:
jlangs@iastate.edu
Phone:
515-294-6721

Jordan Langs, who was twice named Mid-States Football Association (MSFA) Mideast Coach of the Year while serving as head coach at Indiana Wesleyan from 2016-22, spent the 2023 season on the Cyclone coaching staff as running back coach and special teams coordinator.

The 2023 Cyclones reached the AutoZone Liberty Bowl after posting one of the nation's best turnarounds and finishing 7-6 overall and 6-3 in Big 12 play. The five-win conference improvement was the nation's best in FBS.

The Cyclone running backs combined to rush for more than 1,400 yards and 13 touchdowns, paced by 247Sports True Freshman All-American Abu Sama III. Sama III averaged 7.3 yards per carry while running for 614 yards, third-most by a freshman in school history, and six touchdowns. Sama scored five 50-yard rushing touchdowns, the most by any Cyclone dating back to 1971.

ISU's special teams unit was a strength of the team, with punter Tyler Perkins and kicker Chase Contreraz earning All-Big 12 honorable mention accolades. Both players won Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week honors during the season, with Contreraz taking home the honor twice. Additionally, punt and kick return man Jaylin Noel earned honorable mention accolades as a returner after averaging better than 27 yards on kick returns and 8.5 yards on punt returns.

At Indiana Wesleyan, Langs was charged with starting the program in 2016 and under his oversight it rose into an NAIA powerhouse that went 11-2 in 2022, was ranked No. 5 in the final regular season coaches poll and advanced to the NAIA FCS Semifinals. The Wildcats had 21 players earn all-conference recognition in 2022, while wide receiver Jacquez Carter earned AFCA First Team All-America honors and was MSFA Offensive Player of the Year.

On special teams, Indiana Wesleyan was seventh nationally with a 15.5 punt return average last season.

While leading the Wildcats, Langs posted an overall record of 33-15 (.688), while going 16-9 in MSFA Mideast play. He was selected to the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) 35 under 35 Coaches Leadership Institute in 2019 and was AFCA NAIA Region 2 Coach of the Year this season.

Langs coached eight Indiana Wesleyan players to NAIA All-America honors and 64 times his team had players that received MSFA All-Conference accolades. Additionally, Langs’ teams had two MSFA Midwest Offensive Player of the Year winners. His team also had great success in the classroom with 89 MSFA All-Academic honorees and one student-athlete being named a College Sports Communicators Academic All-American.

Prior to Indiana Wesleyan, Langs spent five seasons (2012-16) coaching at his alma mater, NCAA Division III Wheaton (Ill.). He was the defensive coordinator in 2014 and 2015 after serving as the defensive backs coach his first two seasons on the staff.

In his four years at Wheaton, the Thunder posted a 38-6 record. They won back-to-back College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) titles and were 22-2 with Langs serving as defensive coordinator. In those two seasons, Wheaton was 10-0 in both regular seasons and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division III playoffs.

Langs, a Climax, Michigan, native, was a four-year letterwinner at defensive back and linebacker for Wheaton. He was twice named to the D3Football.com Team of the Week.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in history/social science in 2012.

Langs and his wife, Lindsay, have four children: Levi, Grayson, Mikayla and Livia.

Coaching Experience
2023 - Iowa State - Special Teams Coordinator/Running Backs
2016-22 - Indiana Wesleyan - Head Coach
2014-16 - Wheaton (Ill.) - Defensive Coordinator
2012-13 - Wheaton (Ill.) - Defensive Backs