Cory Laylin served as the head coach of the U.S. Under-18 Men's Select Team that placed fourth at the 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup.

Making the jump from assistant to head coach for the second time in his international coaching career, Laylin also served as an assistant coach at the 2017 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. In 2016, he guided the U.S. Under-17 Men’s Select Team as head coach to an undefeated championship at the 2016 Under-17 Five Nations Tournament. Prior to that, Laylin served as an assistant coach for the the Under-17 Men's Select Team that won first place at the 2015 Under-17 Five Nations Tournament.

Laylin served as an assistant coach at Hamline University for two seasons (2008-10) before being hired as the head coach prior to the 2014-15 season. 

Prior to becoming head coach at Hamline, Laylin served as the general manager and head coach of the Brookings Blizzard in the North American Hockey League for two seasons from 2012-14. He also spent one season (2010-11) coaching in Italy with SV Kaltern before returning to the states as the co-head coach at Buffalo High School in Minnesota.
 
Prior to his career as a coach. Laylin was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft. He played his college hockey at the University of Minnesota, where he scored 58 goals in four seasons.

Laylin would go on to play 16 seasons of professional hockey in Austria, Germany, Italy and Slovenia., much of it overseas. Along with his success on the ice, Laylin played four seasons of professional roller hockey for the Minnesota Arctic Blast, San Jose Rhinos and Minnesota Blue Ox, tallying 101 goals and 138 assists for 239 points in 97 career games.