Honors
• 2023 Louisiana Coach of the Year
• 2023 Red River Athletic Conference Coach of the Year
• 2022 Division II/Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference/NJCAA Region VI Coach of the Year
Briefly
• 2024 will be her second season as XULA head coach and her eighth as a college head coach
• Her record as XULA head coach is 13-6 (.684) through one season
• Head coach of XULA's first varsity women's soccer team in 2023
• Nominee for Allstate Sugar Bowl's Collegiate Coach of the Year for Louisiana, 2023-24
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• Last name pronounced core-DARE-oh
Notable
• Cordeiro's 2023 XULA team:
— Made a stunning debut, winning the Red River Athletic Conference regular-season championship
and an automatic bid to NAIA nationals, then advancing to the second round of nationals
— Was the only Louisiana women's team to win a game at NAIA or NCAA nationals in 2023
— Won 4-3 at home Sept. 30 against then-10-0 Texas A&M-Texarkana,
the 2022 RRAC Tournament champion
— Finished 13-6 overall and 11-2 in conference
— NAIA stat rankings (196 teams): 2nd with a .220 shot percentage,
tied for 15th with 3.26 goals per game, 20th with 62 goals, 20th with 175 points
— Became the first non-NCAA DI to earn three of the four major All-Louisiana awards in one season
— in addition to Cordeiro's coaching honor, junior midfielder Luci Schroeder was
Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year
• Coached Pratt Community College (Pratt, Kan.) to a 23-5-3 (.790) record during her final two seasons (2021, 2022)
and, in 2022, the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II Region VI championship and a No. 14 national ranking.
• Was Pratt's head coach for six seasons (2017-22)
• Record the past three seasons (2021-23) as a college head coach is 36-11-3 (.750)
and 55-54-3 (.504) in seven seasons overall
Favorites
Food: Indian curry
Candy: Chocolate with caramel
Pizza toppings: Pepperoni
Ice cream flavor: Coffee
Cake: Chocolate fudge
Flower: Daffodil
Color: Pink
Vacation destination: Brazil and Scotland
