While coaching the Lakers, Jordano earned a master's in Athletic Administration from Slippery Rock University.
Inheriting a rebuilding project in the Big East Conference that was growing stronger as it expanded, Jordano's tenure with the Panthers delivered results including national rankings, seven thirty win seasons, two Big East Coach of the Year awards.
Jordano led the Panthers in the transition into the powerful Atlantic Coast Conference beginning in 2014.
[2][3] On March 2, 2011, Jordano won his 403rd game at Pitt to become the school's all-time leader in wins with a 3–1 victory over Coastal Carolina.
Despite scholarship and roster limits while at Pitt, Jordano, his staff and teams built a very respectable program over his twenty one years as skipper.