Francis Jordane

Francis Jordane
Personal information
Born(1946-03-29)29 March 1946
Died11 November 2025(2025-11-11) (aged 79)
Perpignan, France
Coaching career1968–2010
Career history
Coaching
1968–1970Saint Joseph Mulhouse
1970–1982SI Graffenstaden
1983–1984France Juniors (associate head coach)
1984–1986France (assistant)
1986–1993France
2000–2001Tunisia
2009Morocco
2010Perpignan

Francis Jordane (French: [fʁɑ̃sis ʒɔʁdan]; 29 March 1946 – 11 November 2025) was a French basketball coach.[1]

An amateur basketball player in his youth,[2] he notably coached the men's national basketball teams of France, Tunisia, and Morocco before retiring in 2011.[3] He was known to contribute to the organization Trobada Basket en Vallespir in Céret.[4]

Jordane died in Perpignan on 11 November 2025, at the age of 79.[5]

Publication

  • Basket performance (with Josep Martin, 2001)

References

  1. ^ Hingray, Arnaud (11 November 2025). "Basket-ball : L'ancien entraîneur catalan des Bleus Francis Jordane est décédé ce mardi matin à Perpignan". L'Indépendant (in French). Retrieved 12 November 2025.
  2. ^ "Le Vallespir présent au rebond". L'Indépendant (in French). 21 March 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
  3. ^ "Que sont-ils devenus : L'équipe de France 1993". catch-and-shoot.com (in French). 9 November 2013. Archived from the original on 14 November 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
  4. ^ "ARLES-sur-TECH : La Trobada Basket a su rassembler". Ouillade (in French). 26 March 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
  5. ^ Guiet, Baptiste; Beaufils, Julia (11 November 2025). "Le Catalan Francis Jordane, ancien entraineur de l'équipe de France de basket et du Perpignan Basket, est mort". Ici (in French). Perpignan. Retrieved 12 November 2025.