In the summer of 2011 Patrick Cormac joined head men's soccer coach Matthew Thompson's staff as an assistant coach at the University of the District of Columbia.

Prior to his appointment, Cormac served under Thompson as the men’s soccer assistant coach at Lees-McRae in North Carolina. He helped lead the Bobcats to a 13-5-3 record, winning the 2010 Conference Carolinas Regular Season and Conference Tournament Championships as well as a 2010 NCAA Championship berth. Prior to Lees-McRae, Cormac served with Thompson as the assistant soccer coach at Slippery Rock University where he helped lead the team to a school-best record of 18-4-1 and a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference championship. The team also went on to have an appearance in the NCAA Sweet 16.

During his stint at Slippery Rock, Cormac also helped guide a group of student-athletes to St. Lucia in 2010 as part of the Forgotten Angels project, and helped run soccer clinics in both Haiti and the Czech Republic.