Cordle, a Super Bowl Champion, came to LIU in the summer of 2020 as the team's offensive coordinator. Prior to his time with the Sharks, he was at Urbana University, where he spent three seasons as an assistant coach, including two as the team’s offensive coordinator. Under his guidance, Urbana’s 2019 offense averaged the most yards per carry in its Division II era.
Prior to Urbana, Cordle served as a graduate assistant for two seasons at Ohio State. There, he mentored multiple NFL draftees, including first-round selections Taylor Decker and Billy Price, third-round pick Pat Elflein, fourth-rounder Michael Jordan, and fifth-round selections Jamarco Jones and Isaiah Prince. Decker, Pat Elflein and Price won three straight Rimington-Pace Offensive Lineman of the Year as the top offensive lineman in the Big Ten, and all three were All-America selections. Elflein also won the Rimington trophy as the top center in all of FBS football.
Cordle played four seasons in the National Football League with the New York Giants, where he saw action in 36 games and made seven starts on the offensive line. The Lancaster, Ohio native was part of the Giants’ Super Bowl XLVI championship team.
Cordle brings an additional championship lineage from his playing days at Ohio State, where he was a part of five Big Ten Championship teams.He started 33 times during three seasons, and played in 41 games combined at left tackle, left guard, center and right tackle.
He earned four All-Big Ten academic awards and was OSU's nominee for the National Football Foundation Scholar Athlete Award in 2009. He was also a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy his senior year; the award honors achievement in all aspects of the student-athlete experience.
Cordle graduated from Ohio State in 2009 with a degree in business administration and completed his master's in sport management from Ohio State in 2016.
Cordle continues his commitment to community service with the Cordle Cares Foundation. Cordle and his wife Kerry have two sons, Hunter and Harrison.
