Oakland University Athletics

Jordan Nelson joined the Oakland Athletics Communications team in October 2023. He is the primary contact for men’s and women’s soccer, women’s basketball, outdoor track & field, and softball for the Golden Grizzlies.

Prior to joining Oakland, Jordan served as Media Relations Intern with the Detroit Pistons for the 2022-2023 season, assisting in compiling in-game stats, press conference coverage, updating and maintaining media lists, and assembling notes on a game-by-game basis.

Nelson served two years (2021-23) at iMA Sports Novi, assisting the Metro-Detroit martial arts studio and child development center with marketing, social media management, customer relations, and event/camp planning as a head coach of the center's summer camps and after school programs.

In 2021 he served as an Editorial Assistant at the Lansing State Journal where he served as a writer focusing on cultural and local events, along with occasional sports coverage of Michigan State men's basketball, as well as local high school sports.

Nelson graduated from Michigan State University in 2021 with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism with a minor in Public Relations. During his time at MSU, he worked as a sports reporter for The State News. While at the paper, Nelson was the head writer for the Spartans' men's and women's soccer, women's gymnastics, swim and dive, and women's basketball programs, writing game previews, recaps, conducting student-athlete interviews, and producing exclusive articles. While covering the Spartans women's basketball team, Nelson participated in select coverage of the Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament in Indianapolis.