Jordan Hein begins is first year with the Northern State football program in the fall of 2024, as the team's offensive coordinator. Hein joins the Northern State staff after six seasons at his alma mater, Bemidji State University. With BSU, he served as the wide receivers coach and on-campus recruiting coordinator to open his career, and most recently as the special teams coordinator, pass game coordinator, and wide receivers coach.
Bemidji State went 34-13 in his seasons on staff and advanced to the NCAA playoffs in each of his final three seasons. The fall of 2023 saw BSU go 9-3 overall and reach the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament. In addition, the Beavers won the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference in 2021 and 2022.
Hein coached two All-American wide receivers at BSU and saw three school records fall including single season receiving yards, single season receptions, single season receiving touchdowns. In addition, BSU student-athletes earned ten NSIC All-Conference accolades under his direction. From 2021-23, Bemidji State ranked in the top-15 nationally in passing offense, finishing fifth in 2021, fourth in 2022, and 14th in 2023.
Off the field, Hein served as the coordinator for the BSU Football Golf Outing and team camp coordinator for multiple seasons. He coordinated the first ever golf outing and built it to a 120-golfer event. The BSU team camps from 2019-2023 featured over 1300 participants each year.
Hein played quarterback for BSU for four seasons between 2014-17 and finished his career as the program's all-time leader in passing yards, passing touchdowns, and total offensive yardage. He earned NSIC All-Conference first team honors in 2016 and 2018, as was a second team selection in 2017. Hein was the first Beaver to total over 10,000 offensive yards and 100 touchdowns, closing out his career with 10,091 yards of total offense, 8,459 yards passing, and 109 touchdowns (89 passing and 20 rushing). During the 2016 season, Hein was a nominee for the Harlon Hill Trophy, which is awarded to the nation's top Division II football player and earned a spot on the Don Hansen NCAA Division II All-Super Region Three team. He graduated from Bemidji State in 2018 with a bachelor's degree in education.
