ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Rochester Knighthawks have hired Troy Cordingley as the team’s next head coach.
“I just was excited,” Cordingley said. “Just the possibility, I know the roster that there’s a lot of talent there. So it intrigued me and we just kept talking and and things built from there.”
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Newly named @RocKnighthawks head coach, Troy Cordingley, reminisces on his brief stint as a player in Rochester back in 2001.
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Cordingley has coached 12 National Lacrosse League seasons across four different teams with a 107-97 record. The new bench boss has four NLL championships to his name–two as a coach and two as a player.
The 59-year-old won a pair of titles as a player with the Buffalo Bandits in 1993 and 1996. Then as a coach, he took home NLL cup wins in 2009 with Calgary, and in 2011 with Toronto. Cordingley’s total finals record as a coach is 2-2, having lost in 2010 and in 2016. According to the Knighthawks, Cordingley is seventh in NLL history in coaching wins and seventh in games played at 204.
Last season, the NLL stalwart served as Calgary’s Associate Coach & Player Personnel Coordinator. The new coach says he was surprised when Rochester general manager Dan Carey came calling.
“Well, first it caught me off guard, to be honest with you,” Cordingley said. “I didn’t expect [it], I was in Calgary and was still on contract with them and that, so Calgary told me that he wanted to talk and so, they gave him permission and it was great. It was instant, chemistry. I coached Dan in Toronto. I know what he’s all about. And he’s a very on a straight shooter.”
Cordingley’s playing career was mostly in Buffalo, playing there from 1993-1999 before playing for both the Albany Attack and finally, the original Knighthawks in 2001.
“I’m definitely honored to to be the next head coach of Rochester Knighthawks,” Cordingley said. “It is, it’s a storied franchise. I did end my career there as a player. Even though it was a short stay, it was a it was a memorable one. I just love the, the city of Rochester and you know, the people there’s still some people that are still there that were there when I played.”
TOTAL COACHING CAREER
Calgary Roughnecks20081679.438211.500Lost Division Final (POR)Calgary Roughnecks200916124.7503301.000Won Champions’ Cup (NY)Toronto Rock20101697.562321.667Lost Champions’ Cup (WSH)Toronto Rock201116106.6253301.000Won Champions’ Cup (WSH)Toronto Rock20121697.562211.500Lost Division Final (ROC)Toronto Rock201316106.625101.000Lost Divisional Semifinal (MIN)Buffalo Bandits201418810.444422.500Lost Division Finals (ROC)Buffalo Bandits201518117.611101.000Lost Division Semifinal (ROC)Buffalo Bandits201618135.722422.500Lost NLL Finals (SSK)Buffalo Bandits201718612.333––––Did not qualifyBuffalo Bandits201818810.444––––Did not qualifyVancouver Warriors202318414.222––––Did not qualifyHaving played and coached in Buffalo for most of his career–Cordingley is familiar with the region’s affinity to lacrosse.
“I live in Orangeville, Ontario. So, up here, lacrosse is second to none during the summer. It’s a hotbed of lacrosse, this area. And I compare Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse to that exact hotbed that we have up here,” Cordingley said.
The Knighthawks went 6-12 last season and missed the postseason, firing long-time head coach Mike Hasen after a 4-1 start turned into a 5-6 midseason mark. Rochesater then brought in Randy Mearns as the team’s interim coach for the final seven games of the year, he went 1-6.
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