American Indoor Lacrosse Association

Johnny Mouradian is entering his second season as General Manager of the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League, and was recently appointed Head Coach of the team in additional to his GM duties.  In 2009 Mouradian was President/General Manager of the Washington Stealth and finished his position in 2010 in an advisory role. Previously, Mouradian spent six seasons in various roles as Head Coach/General Manager, Managing Director/General Manager and President/General Manager with the San Jose Stealth.  
 
On the professional front, Mouradian was Buffalo Bandits GM, Vice President/GM for Ontario Raiders/Toronto Rock and Ottawa Rebel.  Mouradian has won nine Professional World Indoor Championships in various roles as an executive, GM and shareholder (Buffalo in 1992, 1993 and 1996; and Toronto in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2005), Washington Stealth (2010).  

In his roles with the National Lacrosse League, Johnny has served as team Governor, and held positions on the Competition Committee, Expansion Committee, the Strategic Planning Committee and was the Chair of the Player Relations Committee, the Hall of Fame Committee, Competition Committee.

Mouradian is a member of the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame (2001) as a player on the 1978 national team that won the World Championships in England, Ontario Lacrosse Hall of Fame (1998), Ithaca College Sports Hall of Fame (2000), Lakeport High School Hall of Fame (2003), National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame, St. Catharines, Ontario Sports Hall of Fame (2008) and Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame (2009) in the Field Player Category.  

In 1974 Johnny played on the Canadian National Field Lacrosse Team (Melbourne Australia) and 1978 Canadian National Field Lacrosse team that captured the World Championships (Manchester, England).  He was head coach, 1985 Canadian National Team and on the coaching staff of four Canadian National Field lacrosse teams that participated at the World Championships 1982 Baltimore, 1986 Toronto, 1990 Perth, and 1998 Baltimore. Johnny was the GM of the Canadian National Field Lacrosse Team that won the Silver Medal at the World Field Championships at Manchester, England,  July 2010.  

Mouradian was GM of the Canadian National Indoor Lacrosse team that won the inaugural World Indoor Championship (2003) and Chairman of the Canadian National Indoor Team that won the World Indoor Championship in 2007.  He is currently the GM of the Canadian National Indoor Lacrosse Team competing at the World Games in Prague, May 2011.

Taking advantage of his years of field and indoor lacrosse experiences, in 2010, Mouradian created and serves as the President of the American Indoor Lacrosse Association that provides programs and services that educate, share and develop indoor lacrosse in the United States and globally. 

Gord has a BA in Drama, a Bachelor of Education degree from Brock University where he earned his basic teaching qualifications for primary, junior and intermediate divisions. Gord earned a Specialist certificate in Special Education and an Honors Specialist in English. He also has Principal’s Qualifications that include Program Development and Implementation and Program Supervision and Evaluation.

During his 30 years as an educator Gord developed programs for a wide range of student needs including; credit recovery, guidance, gifted, outdoor education, advanced English and Television Arts. Gord taught all levels of students from grades 6 to grade 13 at various points in his teaching career. 

Gord has been coaching and organizing lacrosse for the past 25 years. His teams won two Ontario high school championships and he coached the St. Catharines A’s novice team to an Ontario Championship in ’98. Gord was an Assistant/JV coach with Brock University team that won five OUFLA championships from ’94 to ’99. While active with educational programming for the AIL, Gord is maintaining his coaching, with the Edge U-11 team and the West Park Secondary School Warriors.

Gord was the founding commissioner of the Niagara Secondary School Field Lacrosse League. He was also the founding commissioner of the Ontario Secondary School Lacrosse Association and was instrumental in making lacrosse a recognized varsity sport in Ontario High Schools.  Gord has also been the commissioner of Ontario University Field Lacrosse Association and the Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association. 

Gord has a wonderful understanding wife and two children, both in university.