[2] He went on to play college basketball for the San Diego Toreros, but left the team when the program moved up to NCAA Division I.

Cook proved a quick learner; he had a 162–18 record in six seasons as Parker's volleyball coach, which included a ninety-match winning streak and two state championships.

Cook was hired as Wisconsin's fifth full-time head coach in 1992, and three years later won the program's second National Invitational Volleyball Championship.

Cook coached four All-Americans, nine AVCA All-District award winners, and eleven All-Big Ten honorees during his tenure at UW.

Cook accepted an assistant coaching position at Nebraska following the 1998 season, with the understanding he would succeed the retiring Terry Pettit in 2000.

Cook has coached three AVCA National Players of the Year at NU – (Greichaly Cepero in 2000, Christina Houghtelling in 2005 and Sarah Pavan in 2006).

[6] He and his wife Wendy, a former two-time All-America setter at San Diego State, are the parents of daughter Lauren and son Taylor.