RECRUITING AREAS: North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
Mike Cordova enters his second season as the running backs coach for Holy Cross in 2023. Cordova was promoted to running backs coach in 2022 after working in special teams quality control at Holy Cross the previous two seasons, and has helped guide the Crusaders to three Patriot League titles.Â
In his first season as the Crusaders' running backs coach, Cordova helped guide the sixth-best rushing offense in the nation (245.1 rushing yards per game). Running backs Peter Oliver and Jordan Fuller both earned All-Patriot League honors. As a team, Holy Cross went 11-0 during the regular season for the third time in program history and first time since 1991. The 2022 Crusaders (12-1) recorded the most single-season wins in program history and advanced to the NCAA FCS quarterfinals for the first time since 1983; their lone loss on the campaign was a hard-fought playoff contest to top-seeded South Dakota State, the eventual national champions. Holy Cross finished the year with a No. 6 ranking among all FCS teams as a result of numerous marquee wins, including a Hail Mary victory against FBS foe Buffalo and an overtime win over nationally ranked Fordham; the Crusaders also earned their first win at Harvard since 2000 and defeated Harvard and Yale in the same season for the first time in program history.
Prior to his time at Holy Cross, Cordova served as a running backs coach, video coordinator, and quality control assistant at Wilkes University in 2020.
Before that, he was a running backs coach and quality control assistant at Stonehill College in 2019, where he helped coach running back Justin Felder to second team All-America honors.
Cordova was a standout running running back, wide receiver and kick returner at Stonehill, serving as a team captain and graduating in 2019.
