Donna Jordan received her under graduate degree from the University of Missouri Kansas City in 1999 where she also played basketball. Jordan received her Master of Science in Sports Medicine at Texas Tech University in 2001 before going back to University of Missouri Kansas City to get her Master of Art in Sport and Exercise Management. While there she was a graduate assistant athletic trainer for women’s basketball.

Jordan was the Assistant Athletic Trainer at University of Texas at Dallas before coming to USF to become the Head Athletic Trainer for women’s basketball. She was also a graduate assistant athletic trainer at Lubbock Christian University in Lubbock, Texas (2000-01).

Donna was born on March 9, 1976 in Tallahassee, Fla., but lived on a military base in Germany for most of her life.