{"id":544429,"date":"2026-03-25T13:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/544429\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T13:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:49:12","slug":"bryan-hodgsons-wife-stole-the-march-madness-spotlight-with-providence-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/544429\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryan Hodgson&#8217;s wife stole the March Madness spotlight with Providence comment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Providence men\u2019s basketball coach Bryan Hodgson walked to the podium Tuesday to talk about rebuilding a program in Rhode Island. <\/p>\n<p>Coaches usually talk about restoring pride and drawing the map of the future of a hoops program. Instead, Hodgson turned his introductory news conference into something far more human \u2026 and far more viral.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you ever wanna question my recruiting abilities,\u201d Hodgson said with a grin. \u201cjust look at my wife, Jordan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: Providence HC Bryan Hodgson with a LEGENDARY quote in his introductory press conference:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you ever wanna question my recruiting abilities just look at my wife Jordan.&#8221; \ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qd0NQOPEk3\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Qd0NQOPEk3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 College Transfer Portal (@CollegeFBPortal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollegeFBPortal\/status\/2036546414961107198?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.86230469;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38886501\" width=\"509\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hodgson.png\" alt=\"Bryan Hodgson and his wife Jordan\" class=\"wp-image-38886501\"  \/>Bryan Hodgson and his wife Jordan jordannorris1s\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>Just like that, the 38-year-old New York native, already on his third head coaching stop in as many years\u2014 announced himself not with X\u2019s and O\u2019s, but with personality. Bold. Slightly reckless. But entirely unforgettable.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hodgson arrives in Providence on a five-year deal after <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/22\/sports\/south-florida-coach-bryan-hodgson-bolts-for-providence\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">leading South Florida<\/a> to an NCAA Tournament appearance in his lone season, a r\u00e9sum\u00e9 built on relentless recruiting. But Tuesday wasn\u2019t about his system. It was about his beautiful wife, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jordannorr1s\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=f5e2b06c-daea-47b9-a27d-5603e1d8b8f8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">Jordan Norris<\/a>, and how Hodgson married up.<\/p>\n<p>Norris, a Buffalo native, Alabama graduate and mother to the couple\u2019s son, Jett, was sitting front row for the news conference and audibly laughed at her husband\u2019s comments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38886515\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/south-florida-head-coach-bryan-123990103.jpg\" alt=\"Bryan Hodgson coaching for South Florida during the NCAA Tournament.\" class=\"wp-image-38886515\"  \/>Bryan Hodgson coaching for South Florida during the NCAA Tournament. AP<\/p>\n<p>College basketball has seen this before \u2014 Andy Enfield\u2019s rise alongside his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maxim.com\/entertainment\/how-florida-gulf-coasts-coach-won-the-hand-maxim-cover-girl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">former model wife Amanda Marcum<\/a> comes to mind.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s hope Hodgson\u2019s recruiting skills really are as good as good as he says they are. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Providence men\u2019s basketball coach Bryan Hodgson walked to the podium Tuesday to talk about rebuilding a program&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":544430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[2356,4044,3789,11748,83423,99],"class_list":["post-544429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-california","tag-college-basketball","tag-ncaa-tournament","tag-providence","tag-providence-friars","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/544430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}