Apr 08 2024 51 mins 3
Troy Cordingley’s NLL coaching career has come full circle, all in an effort to never stop learning, growing and changing. He's all about lacrosse.
A two-time NLL Champion head coach. 2008 Calgary and 2011 Toronto.
Two-time Les Bartley Award winner for head coach of the year. 2008 Calgary and 2013 Toronto.
He is fifth all-time in career coaching wins with 107.
He started his NLL coaching career as an assistant with Buffalo and after head coaching gigs in most of the NLL’s most important markets; Calgary, Toronto, Buffalo and Vancouver, he’s currently an associate coach for Josh Sanderson back in Calgary with the Roughnecks. Coaching next to the son of his mentor, the late Terry Sanderson.
He has coached junior ‘A’, minor lacrosse, Major Series and in the women’s game all while maintaining a career as an elementary school teacher in his home province of Ontario.
Known as one of the fiercest, most passionate competitors the game has ever seen, Troy is trying to marry some of his old school tactics with the modern game and player. In this episode we talk about his fundamental traits of the most successful teams, how to keep adapting as a coach and what the sport as a whole can learn from the women’s game.
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