Joe Cook (basketball)
Canadian basketball coach
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Joseph Michael Cook is a professional basketball coach.[1]
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| Coaching career | 2008–present |
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| Career history | |
Coaching | |
| 2008–2009 | Cabrillo College (assistant) |
| 2013–2014 | Brampton A's (assistant) |
| 2014–2017 | Akita Northern Happinets (assistant) |
| 2017–2018 | Passlab Yamagata Wyverns |
| 2018–2019 | San-en NeoPhoenix (associate HC) |
Career
Cook was a college basketball assistant coach for Cabrillo College.[2] In 2010 he became assistant video coordinator for the Sacramento Kings of the NBA, and was then head video coordinator for two years.[3][4] After working as an assistant coach for the Brampton A's of the National Basketball League of Canada in 2013–14,[3][5] he moved to Japan, where he was assistant coach for the Akita Northern Happinets for three seasons,[3] introducing NBA-style sets and styles of play.[6][7][8]
In 2017 he was hired as executive coach of the Passlab Yamagata Wyverns, replacing Koju Munakata.[3] After one season he became assistant head coach for San-en NeoPhoenix.[1]
Head coaching record
| Regular season | G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win–loss % |
| Playoffs | PG | Playoff games | PW | Playoff wins | PL | Playoff losses | PW–L % | Playoff win–loss % |
| Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Finish | PG | PW | PL | PW–L% | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passlab Yamagata Wyverns | 2017-18 | 46 | 19 | 27 | .413 | Fired | - | - | - | – | - |