Facts: - draft round: 2 - draft pick: 33 - career end: 1984 - height in: 1 - cteam: boston sacramento kings -lrb- assistant -rrb- sacramento kings new jersey nets college -lrb- assistant -rrb- washington wizards philadelphia 76ers los angeles lakers -lrb- -lrb- assistant -rrb- rutgers assistant -rrb- rutgers -lrb- assistant -rrb- - team: rutgers angeles lakers wyoming wildcatters -lrb- cba -rrb- portland trail blazers scarlet los angeles lakers knights cleveland cavaliers new jersey nets los - birth date: 29 january 1955 - draft team: cleveland cavaliers - team link: rutgers scarlet knights men 's basketball - weight lb: 170 - statlabel: points rebounds assists - statvalue: 3,414 -rrb- 1,595 -lrb- 3.8 apg -rrb- -lrb- 8.1 ppg -rrb- 788 -lrb- 1.9 rpg - caption: jordan in january 2007 - draft year: 1977 - bbr: jordaed01 - college: rutgers -lrb- 1973 -- 1977 -rrb- - cyears: 1986 1996 end 1996 end -- 1997 end 1998 end -- -- 2002 end 2003 start -- 2008 start 2009 y 2012 1988 y 2013 -- present 1988 -- 1991 1992 start -- - stats league: nba - letter: j - name: eddie jordan - birth place: washington , d.c. - position: head coach - high school: archbishop carroll -lrb- washington , d.c. -rrb- - career start: 1977 - nationality: american - career position: shooting guard - years: 1977 -- 1982 end 1983 1983 end 1983 end start 1977 start -- 1980 start 1980 start - league: big ten conference - career number: 30 , 15 , 5 - height ft: 6 - image: eddie jordan.jpg - coach start: 1997 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of eddie jordan -lrb- basketball -rrb- .
The answer to this question is:
edward montgomery '' eddie '' jordan -lrb- born january 29 , 1955 -rrb- is a retired american professional basketball player and the head coach of the rutgers scarlet knights men 's basketball team .he formerly served as head coach of the philadelphia 76ers , washington wizards , and sacramento kings in the national basketball association -lrb- nba -rrb- .