Erasmo Ordonez was named head coach for cross country / track & field in March of 2023.

Louisburg College athletic director Mike Holloman commented, "I am super excited to have Mo join our Coaching Staff. He brings a lot of cross country and track experience both as an athlete and coach. He has coached at both the high school and college level. I look for him to do great things with our program."

Ordonez comes to Louisburg from Wingate University where he was pursuing his masters in Sports Management with an emphasis on Compliance. There he was an assistant coach for cross country / track & field since July 2022.

At Wingate he coached two Conference Team Championships, two South-East Regional Championships, 2022 Team National Finishes (Men 2nd, Women 23rd). Ordonez also mentored Southern Atlantic Conference Runner of the Year: Soheil Boufrizi (22') and 4 Cross Country All-Americans.

Before his time at Wingate, Ordonez coached at his alma mater the University of Mount Olive. At Mount Olive he coached three Conference Carolina Runners of the Year: Tai Smith (19), Leah Hanle (19), and Cas Kopmels(20-21); Southeast Regional Runner of the Year: Leah Hanle (19); and Conference Carolina Freshman of the Year: Cas Kopmels(20-21) and Monique Whiteman (21). They secured 10 Conference team championships, 16 individual conference championships and in 2019 were ranked 15th nationally in cross country.

As an assistant coach in the NCAA, Ordonez assisted in creating weekly training segments, organized and hosted in-season/regional championship meets, recruited international and American prospective student-athletes, planned travel itineraries for practice/meets, and managed program budgets.

"No doubt I am excited about this new adventure and can't thank Dr. Brown and Coach Holloman enough for the opportunity," said Ordonez. "I had the privilege of working under some great staffs at Mount Olive and Wingate and was able to add a lot to my coaching toolbox. Now I am in a position to lead my own team and utilize the knowledge that was bestowed upon me! The current game plan is to start recruiting the next wave of Hurricanes into Louisburg and plan out the track season. We will open up at Mount Olive next weekend, March 24th and 25th."

Ordonez was also a head coach at the high school level. He worked for six seasons communicating with college recruiters on behalf of student athletes at Clinton High School. He reorganized the distance program as an assistant before being promoted to head coach. Noteworthy Accomplishment include: Men and Women 910 Preps Coach of the Year (17-18), Men and Women East Central Conference Coach of the Year (17,19), and coaching the 4 x 8-meter relay team to two 2A Mid-East Regional Championship.

During this time he also ran in the 2018 Boston Marathon, which he finished in 2 hours and 49 minutes coming in 407th of 30,000 runners.

As a student at Mount Olive, Ordonez earned the UMO Presidential Award, was a two-time National Qualifier, TFFRS All-Region honoree, and Conference Carolinas All-Conference. 

Ordonez received his Bachelor of Arts in Math Education in May 2014 from the University of Mount Olive.