coordinator

noun

co·​or·​di·​na·​tor kō-ˈȯr-də-ˌnā-tər 

1

: one who coordinates something

… government becomes the coordinator of the economy but not its boss.

—Robert Heilbroner

especially : a person who organizes people or groups so that they work together efficiently

a project coordinator

She served as the coordinator of the rescue effort.

(American football) a defensive/offensive coordinator [=a coach who is responsible for overseeing a team's defensive/offensive players and strategies]

2

grammar : coordinating conjunction

Examples of coordinator in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Fourth-year defensive line coach Deke Adams, as well as third-year defensive coordinator Travis Williams and third-year co-coordinator Marcus Woodson, had just been dismissed. —Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2025

Maureen Carrig, right, stands outside UCHealth with Jaime, a nurse and transplant coordinator, on the day of Carrig's one-month check-up visit. —Maureen Carrig, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025

Their first time against each other as playcallers came in 2002, when Payton, then the Giants’ offensive coordinator, lost again to Fangio’s Houston Texans, 16-14. —Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025

Defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver pleaded for violence earlier this week, claiming every defender taking a violent, more aggressive approach to their assignment would provide the fixes for his hemorrhaging unit. —Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for coordinator

• accelerator
• accumulator
• adjudicator
• administrator
• appropriator
• articulator
• attenuator
• bronchodilator
• collaborator
• communicator
• conciliator
• cooperator