Cornaire joins the Nazareth staff after spending the past two seasons as the Head Coach at SUNY Brockport where he coached and mentored the SUNYAC Offensive Player of the Year (Nick Askin ’24), 6 SUNYAC All-Conference Players (1- 1st Team, 5- 2nd Team), and 1 USILA All-American (Honorable Mention). Prior to SUNY Brockport, he spent four seasons on the men’s lacrosse staff at SUNY Geneseo where he was the first assistant and offensive coordinator. He also spent time as the interim head coach for the Knights. He helped the program post a 15-4 conference record during his time and made three SUNYAC Championship game appearances. As the offensive coordinator he helped coach eight USILA All-Americans, 21 SUNYAC All-Conference selections and helped raise the program into the receiving votes category of the USILA National Coaches Top 20 Poll on two separate occasions. Cornaire played a key role in boosting the Knights offensive production, nearly doubling their goals per game average over the course of four seasons.
Prior to his time at Geneseo he spent three seasons as the offensive coordinator at his alma mater, Division II Roberts Wesleyan College where he helped recruit and groom National Lacrosse League 1 st Round Draft pick Hunter Lemieux. The offense saw an increase in goals and points per game in each of his three seasons. In his second year, Cornaire led his man-up offense to as high as fourth in the national ranking (45.7%) and finished 10th in the nation (38%). In his last season with RWC, Cornaire’s offense ranked 6th nationally in shooting percentage (36%), just behind three of the semifinalists in the NCAA Tournament. He was also the recruiting coordinator, face-off coordinator and held several administrative duties during his time with the Redhawks.
Cornaire is also involved in the local club lacrosse scene and has spent time as a head coach at Harvest Lacrosse Club, Sweetlax Upstate Lacrosse and most recently at Grizzly Upstate.
After graduating from nearby Rush-Henrietta, Cornaire played men's lacrosse at Monroe Community College, where he ranked 13th in the nation for total points. He went on to finish his career at Roberts Wesleyan for their inaugural 2012 season. He scored the first goal in the history of the program and led the nation with 4.8 points per game during that season.
He graduated from Roberts in 2014 with a B.S. in Marketing. Cornaire is a Rochester native and resides in Henrietta with his wife Elizabeth, three daughters Sawyer, Shea, and Elle, and son, Leo.
