Joe Cardarelli joined the Cortland men’s ice hockey coaching staff in August, 2013, taking over the lead role of recruiting and coaching the defense. Cardarelli spent the previous two seasons as head coach of Junior A programs the Laconia Leafs and the Yellowstone Quake.
No stranger to the SUNYAC, Cardarelli’s coaching background includes three years as an assistant coach at SUNY Oswego. As the program’s primary recruiter, he brought in the majority of the players on Oswego’s 2007 NCAA Div. III championship team. During his tenure, the Lakers had three All-Americans, two conference Rookies of the Year, five All-SUNYAC players and eight members of the SUNYAC All-Academic Team.
Cardarelli also has served as an assistant coach for Div. I American International College in Springfield, Mass., and held the head coaching position at the National Sports Academy, a preparatory school for winter-sport student-athletes in Lake Placid, N.Y.
Cardarelli is active with youth development and USA Hockey, coaching at the National Player Development Select Camps in each of the past 14 summers. He also is an instructor in the Coaching Education program, a former Carolina Amateur Hockey Association board member and past-director of the USA Hockey Southeastern District ACE Coordinator Program.
