Cordaro played drums in several bands, most notably in high school and college with artists such as Robert Schneider, of Apples in Stereo and The Elephant 6 Recording Company; and Jeff Mangum.

[1] Cordaro began his professional baseball career with the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx (Double-A, Chicago Cubs) of the Southern League as a group sales representative in 1999.

Cordaro played a large role in every aspect of the research, negotiation process and project management to build a new ballpark for the Storm Chasers in Sarpy County, allowing Triple-A Baseball to remain in the Omaha metro area.

Cordaro led the process of the rebranding and renaming of the Omaha Triple-A franchise that included much research and fan-aided voting.

[4] The Kansas City Royals honored Cordaro as their recipient of the Matt Minker Award in 2009, which recognizes an outstanding minor league affiliate employee.