Jeff Cook (soccer coach)

Jeff Cook is an American soccer coach. He is currently the head men's soccer coach at Pennsylvania State University. [1]

Jeff Cook
Personal information
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Years Team
1986–1989 Bates College
Teams managed
Years Team
1989–1991 UMass (assistant)
1991–1993 Wheaton College
1994–1996 Dartmouth Big Green (assistant)
1996–2000 Cincinnati Bearcats
2001–2012 Dartmouth Big Green
2013–2017 Philadelphia Union Academy
2016–2017 Bethlehem Steel (assistant)
2018– Penn State Nittany Lions

Coaching career

He started his career as an assistant at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In 1991, he earned his first head coaching gig, becoming the head coach at Division III school, Wheaton College. While at Wheaton, he compiled a 31–22–4 record for three seasons.

In May 1994, he took an assistant coaching job at Dartmouth College, under head coach Fran O'Leary. He held that position until February 1996, when he became head coach at the University of Cincinnati. From 1996 to 2000, he led the Bearcats to a 44–42–8 record. He earned Conference USA Coach of the Year honors in 1997, after leading the Bearcats to a 7–8–3 record. In 1998, he led the Bearcats to the school's first ever NCAA Tournament appearance, going 12–5–3. In 1999, he led the Bearcats to its highest ever national ranking at 15th.

In 2001, he was named head men's soccer coach at Dartmouth College, compiling a 77–54–26 record with the Big Green. He has led Dartmouth to four Ivy League championships, and to the NCAA tournament five times, including the past 3 years. He resigned in April 2013, to take a position in the youth academy system of the Philadelphia Union.

In April 2013 he was named the head coach for the Philadelphia Union's U-16 Academy team. The Union are joining the U.S. Soccer Development Academy starting in the 2013/2014 season.[2]

References
  1. Pickel, Greg (January 2, 2018). "Penn State has found its next men's soccer leader in veteran coach Jeff Cook". The Patriot-News. Advance Publications. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  2. http://www.philadelphiaunion.com/news/2013/04/philadelphia-union-youth-academy-join-us-soccers-developmental-academy-league-and-annou
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