Cory York became the assistant football coach and recruiting coordinator on Jan. 24, 2024. York was named the Millsaps interim head football coach in April 2023 after serving as the assistant football and offensive line coach for four seasons. York joined the Millsaps coaching staff in 2019, overseeing the offensive line as an assistant coach and was the recruiting coordinator for his first two seasons.
During those four seasons, the Majors combined 34 student-athletes on the All-SAA Team, 16 SAA Players of the Week, 104 members on the SAA All-Academic Honor Roll, 17 NFF Hampshire Honor Society inductees and a D3football.com All-American.
Prior to his time with the Majors, he coached six seasons at Mississippi College where most recently he was the offensive line coach, on-campus recruiting coordinator, and NFL scout liaison. While in Clinton he also spent time as a special teams co-coordinator and worked with the defensive line, running backs, tight ends and receivers.
From 2012-2017 under York's guidance, the Choctaws had six All-GSC selections, two All-NCAA team selections and one All-NCAA Region D3 Football selection.
York played for MC from 2007-11, missing most of his sophomore season due to an injury. He made the move from guard to center prior to his senior season and anchored a line that rushed for 165.1 yards and passed for 231.3 yards per game. York was part of the 2009 team that won the American Southwest Conference and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division III playoffs.
He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science and Master of Athletic Administration from Mississippi College.
Cory is married to the former Destiny Simon and the couple have two sons, Dominic and Damion.
