[3][4] Uri Kokia began playing basketball with sport clubs Elitzur Yavneh and Maccabi Rehovot.

[1] At 21 years of age, Kokia entered the Premier League, playing for Hapoel Galil Elyon.

In 2010, at the age of 29, Kokia was slated to make his Israel national team debut for the start of the 2011 EuroBasket qualifying campaign.

[9] However, on January 20, 2019, Kokia parted ways with Yavne and joined Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim for the rest of the season.

[10] In the 2014/2015 Premier League season he was named Hapoel Jerusalem assistant head coach, he won the team's first championship.