Jordan Malone serves as Defensive Backs (Nickels / Safeties) for Oklahoma State University's Football program in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Malone was hired as Oklahoma State's defensive backs coach in December 2025. He coaches the Cowboys' nickels and safeties.
He came to OSU from North Texas, where he served as the nickels/outside linebackers coach for the Mean Green for the 2025 season. In his lone year at UNT, he was part of a staff that helped improve the Mean Green by nearly 10 points per game in scoring defense, by 90 yards per game in total defense and by more than 100 yards per game in passing defense. The 2025 UNT defense ranked among the top 25 in the FBS in fumbles recovered (No. 3), turnovers gained (No. 4), passing yards allowed (No. 8), passes intercepted (No. 14) and passing efficiency defense (No. 14). Malone joined the Mean Green staff after a brief stint as an assistant coach at Wake Forest, initially following head coach Jake Dickert from Washington State to Wake Forest after spending five seasons working for Dickert with the Cougars.
