Jordan Harlow returns for his seventh year as assistant coach with the Linfield coaching staff.
A member of Linfield's 2013 national championship baseball team, Harlow was a three-year varsity letterman and a first team all-Northwest Conference performer at third base.
He helped the Wildcats to two NCAA playoff appearances, including the title run while serving as co-captain his senior year. Harlow graduated from Linfield with a bachelor's degree in English and went on to receive a master's degree in coaching and athletic administration from Concordia University-Irvine.
Harlow previously coached baseball at McMinnville High School from 2014 until 2016, leading that program to a pair of Class 6A state quarterfinals appearances and one semifinals appearance. He guided the Grizzlies to the Greater Valley Conference championship in 2015 and was honored as the league's coach of the year.
Jordan and his wife, former women's basketball student-athlete Brynna (Fuller) Harlow, reside in McMinnville with their son Dane and daughter Jensen.
BIO COMING SOON
Former pro baseball pitcher Daniel Turpen begins his first year as an assistant with the Linfield baseball coaching staff.
He spent two years assisting at Lewis & Clark and previously helped develop pitchers at McMinnville High School.
After a decorated career as a student-athlete at McMinnville, Turpen pitched collegiately at Oregon State, where he was the winning pitcher in the national-championship clinching games for the Beavers in both 2006 and 2007.
Following his career at OSU, Turpen was drafted in the eighth round by the San Francisco Giants. He went on to play nine seasons of professional baseball in five different Major League organizations, making it as far as AAA in 2013.
Currently, Turpen is a sales associate for Maletis Beverage Company. He resides in Newberg with his wife, Elisa, and children James and Madison.