JMB Faculty and Staff

Mr. Matthew Greenwood serves as the Assistant Director of the Jaguar Drumline at the University of South Alabama. He previously served as Assistant Director of Bands/Assistant Director of Athletic Bands and Director of Marching Percussion at the University of South Alabama from 2017-2021. He was previously a member of the teaching staff of the Jaguar Marching Band since its inception in 2009 through 2021.

An active and diverse performer, Greenwood has given clinics and masterclasses
throughout the Gulf Coast including the Alabama Chapter of PAS Day of Percussion (2013, 2014) and the Alabama Music Education Association Conference (2011, 2015). He currently serves as percussionist in many ensembles in the region including the Mobile Opera, Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra, Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Pensacola Symphony Orchestra and Pensacola Opera.

Mr. Greenwood holds a Master of Music degree in Percussion Performance from the Florida State University studying under Dr. John Parks IV, and a Bachelor of Music degree in Percussion Performance from the University of Louisville studying under Dr. Greg Byrne. Additional teachers include Brian Kushmaul and James Rago, principal timpanist of the Louisville Orchestra. Greenwood performs with and is a proud endorser of Pearl/Adams Percussion, REMO drumheads, Innovative Percussion sticks and mallets, and Grover Pro Percussion

Jordan Looney was born in Mobile and raised in Loxley, AL. She is the Director of the Jaguar Marching Band Color Guard and Winterguard programs, a position she assumed leadership of in 2023. She was a member of the Robertsdale High School Color Guard from 2004 – 2008. Upon graduating from Robertsdale, she attended The University of South Alabama. As a sophomore at USA, Jordan became a member of the inaugural Jaguar Marching Band in the fall of 2009. She then transferred and began her junior year at the University of Alabama to finish her bachelor’s degree in Communication. At Alabama, she was a member of the Million Dollar Band Color Guard from 2010 – 2012 and competed internationally with the Independent Open WGI group, Alta Marea Winterguard.

Since her marching career ended, she has instructed color guard units across the Gulf Coast including assisting at Daphne High School in 2012 and being the Director of Satsuma High School’s Visual Ensemble and Winterguard from 2013-2018. In 2018 she became the Sound of the Eastern shore’s Auxiliary Director and heads the Daphne High School Varsity and Junior Varsity Winterguard teams. Jordan currently lives in Daphne with her son, Evan.

Victoria Fisher serves as the Assistant Director of the Jaguar Colorguard with the Jaguar Marching Band. Victoria is a graduate of the University of South Alabama with a major in nursing and was a three year member of the Jaguar Marching Band and Jaguar Colorguard.  She currently serves as on the nursing staff of USA Health in Mobile.

Mrs. Allison Harris serves as the Program Assistant for the Jaguar Marching Band and University Bands in the Department of Music. She joined the Department of Music in 2014 and is involved with all aspects of administration and planning for the JMB and University Bands program.  She and her husband Marty live in Mobile with their children Camdon and Avarie.  

Mrs. Peggy Doyle, longtime Department of Music Secretary, was on staff at the University of South Alabama since 1998 and has been an integral part of the Department of Music since 1999. Recently retired, she has returned in a part-time role to assist the band in a support staff role. She attended Davidson High School and lived and traveled to a number of states after graduation.  Having owned her own business in Alaska for five years, she returned to Mobile in 1993 where she met and married her husband, Bob.  She has been a key member of the staff of the JMB since its inception in 2009.