Joseph Michael Cook is a professional basketball coach.[1]

Joe Cook
Coaching career2008–present
Career history
Coaching
2008–2009Cabrillo College (assistant)
2013–2014Brampton A's (assistant)
2014–2017Akita Northern Happinets (assistant)
2017–2018Passlab Yamagata Wyverns
2018–2019San-en NeoPhoenix (associate HC)

Career

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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

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Legend
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 461927.413Fired--- -

References

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  1. 1 2 "Joe Cook basketball profile". Asia Basket. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  2. "Cabrillo College Athletics". Cabrillo College Athletics.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Odeven, Ed (July 13, 2017). "Title-winning Brex decline to offer a new contract to veteran coach Wisman". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on July 14, 2017.
  4. "Sacramento Kings media guide" (PDF). NBA.com. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-06. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
  5. Ebanks, Drew (3 September 2014). "Brampton A's Assistant Joe Cook Lands Coaching Job in Top Asian League". On Point Basketball.
  6. "選手/スタッフ/チアリスト". 秋田ノーザンハピネッツ.
  7. Odeven, Ed (December 4, 2014). "Roby powering Akita with strong all-around game". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on June 22, 2020.
  8. Odeven, Ed (May 12, 2016). "Final Four to bring curtain down on league". The Japan Times.
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