Aurora Cordingley - Women's Lacrosse Coach - University of North Carolina Athletics

Aurora Cordingley

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
acord@unc.edu
Phone:
984-215-9939

Aurora Cordingley, a standout collegiate player and 2022 Tewaaraton Award finalist, will enter her second season as a University of North Carolina women’s lacrosse assistant coach in 2025.

Cordingley arrives in Chapel Hill having spent the 2023 season as an assistant coach at Massachusetts, helping guide the Minutewoman to a 16-3 record and their third consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance. The team also claimed its 12th straight Atlantic 10 regular season title after an undefeated regular season conference campaign.

The offensive coach during her year in Amherst, Cordingley led a UMass squad which ranked second nationally in assists per game at 8.21. The Minutewoman, who checked in at No. 20 in the final IWLCA poll, also ranked fifth in points per game (23.68), sixth in scoring margin (6.53) and seventh in scoring offense (15.47).

“We are thrilled about the addition of Aurora to our coaching staff here at North Carolina,” said Levy. “Not only does she bring experience playing at the highest level both collegiately and internationally, she also has a bright future in coaching. She shares our championship mindset that is central to Carolina lacrosse and will continue to help our team reach new heights.”

Prior to entering the coaching ranks, Cordingley had a decorated four-year playing career at Johns Hopkins (2018-21) before a standout graduate season at Maryland (2022).

Cordingley etched her name into the Johns Hopkins record book, capping off her career ranked sixth in assists (66), ninth in points (182) and 10th in goals (116). She earned Third Team All-America, First Team All-Mid-Atlantic Region and First Team All-Big Ten honors as a senior.

She then took her talents to nearby College Park to play for the Terrapins as a graduate student, garnering Big Ten Attacker of the Year accolades in addition to being tabbed a First Team All-American. Cordingley was also a top-five finalist for the prestigious Tewaaraton Award.

Cordingley totaled 118 points on 67 goals and 51 assists during her lone year at Maryland, ranking fourth all-time in Maryland single-season history for points and fifth for assists. The team captain ended the 2022 season first in the Big Ten – and fourth in the nation – in both points and assists.

Following her collegiate career, Cordingley was selected fourth overall in the 2022 Athletes Unlimited College Draft.

A native of Oakville, Ontario, Cordingley represented her home country at the 2022 World Lacrosse Women’s World Championship where she helped Canada earn silver and earned a spot on the All-World Team. She then went on to win gold at the World Games, the first gold medal for Canada’s senior women’s national team in history.

She was also the youngest member of the Canadian U-19 team that won gold at the 2015 World Championships.

Cordingley received her bachelor’s in international studies from Johns Hopkins in 2021 before earning her master’s in business and management from Maryland the following year.

Coaching runs in her family: Her father, Troy, was named the head coach of the Vancouver Warriors in 2022, having also coached at the Buffalo Bills, Calgary Roughnecks and Toronto Rock.