Jordan Vessels is in her fifth year as a member of the UTA coaching staff and her third as an Assistant Coach. She was hired as the program's Director of Operations in August of 2016 and was promoted to Assistant Coach in May 2018.
The Lady Mavs wrapped up the 2019-20 season with a 21-11 overall record (14-4 SBC), securing the 11th overall for the Lady Mavs. UTA earned the No. 3 seed in the SBC Tourney and went on to defeat Texas State in the first round before falling to South Alabama in the Quarterfinals. Gerlich and the Lady Mavs were hopeful for a postseason tournament berth, but those hopes were derailed by the COVID-19 pandemic, which canceled the 2020 Sun Belt Women's Basketball Championship, the 2020 NCAA Tournament and the 2020 Postseason WNIT and WBI.
In 2018-19, Vessels helped lead UTA to arguably the most successful season in program history in 2018-19. The Lady Mavs secured the program's first Sun Belt Regular Season championship, made their sixth postseason tournament appearance (WNIT), which was the second WNIT berth under Gerlich, and won a postseason (excluding conference tournaments) game for the first time in program history with their WNIT First Round triumph over Stephen F. Austin (60-54; Mar. 21). UTA also finished the season with 24 wins, which tied for the most in a single season with the 2006-07 squad (24-9 overall, Head Coach Donna Capps).
A native of Canyon, Texas, Vessels was a four-year player for West Texas A&M, including three seasons playing under current UTA head coach Krista Gerlich from 2010-2012. Vessels served as the Lady Buffs' graduate assistant for the 2015-16 season.
Vessels graduated from West Texas A&M with her bachelor's degree in sports and exercise science and had a career that saw her play in 126 games, tied for fourth all-time in WTA&M history.
On the court, she helped the Lady Buffs to back-to-back Lone Star Conference championships in both the regular season and tournament, won back-to-back South Central Region championships and played in the 2014 National Championship Game.
