Troy Cordingley (born January 9, 1967) is an indoor lacrosse coach and former player. The current head coach of the Rochester Knighthawks, Cordingley is one of five NLL coaches with at least 100 career wins.
Playing career Cordingley played in the NLL from 1993 to 2001, spending his first seven years with the Buffalo Bandits, followed by two seasons with the Albany Attack and one with the original Rochester Knighthawks. In nine NLL seasons, he scored 128 goals and 312 points in 87 regular season games and 15 goals and 33 points in 9 playoff games. As a player, he won the NLL Championship in 1993 and 1996 with the Bandits.
Cordingley also played Canadian box lacrosse for the Brampton Excelsiors and Coquitam Adanacs and the Six Nations Chiefs winning four Mann Cups.
Coaching career Cordingley served as the head coach of the Calgary Roughnecks in 2008 and 2009, finishing with a 19–13 record. From 2010 to 2013, he was the head coach of the Toronto Rock from 2010 to 2013, advancing to the Champion's Cup finals in 2010, and winning the Cup in 2011 During his time in Toronto, Cordingley garnered a 38–26 record. On July 3, 2013, he was hired as head coach of the Buffalo Bandits, replacing the fired Darris Kilgour. He was relieved of his head coaching duties with the Bandits on September 20, 2018, and was reassigned to the Bandits' scouting department.http://www.bandits.com/article/BANDITS%20ANNOUNCE%20CHANGES%20TO%20COACHING%20STAFF On June 28, 2022, he was hired as the head coach of the Vancouver Warriors.
On June 17, 2026, he was hired by the Rochester Knighthawks to be the new head coach.
Cordingley has won the Les Bartley Award twice, the first time in 2009 with the Roughnecks and again in 2013 with the Rock.
NLL head coaching statistics TeamSeasonRegular SeasonPlayoffsPlayoff resultGCWLW%GCWLW%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 qualifyTotals:1220410797.52523149.609
External links
Playing stats on StatsCrew.com Coaching stats on StatsCrew.com
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