Mark Cook
Assistant Women's Basketball Coach
Mark Cook is in his second season as an assistant with the Highlanders program, bringing over 20 years of men’s and women’s coaching experience to Radford. He will oversee the program's budget, international/Junior College recruiting, team academics and guard development.
Prior to his arrival, Cook was the head coach at Nicholls State for the past four seasons. In his first season at the helm, he guided the Colonels to their first Southland Conference Tournament appearance since 2001.
Before Nicholls, Cook accumulated more than 130 wins at Dillard University in New Orleans. The 2001 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) Coach of the Year led Dillard to four straight NAIA National Tournaments, including a run to the Sweet 16 in 2001 and 2004. He also guided the Blue Devils to three consecutive GCAC regular season championships, a GCAC Tournament Championship in 2003 and runner-up finishes in 2000 and 2001.
Cook, who hails from Olive Bridge, N.Y., has served as the head coach at Wiley College, while holding assistant positions at Louisiana Tech, Mount St. Mary College, Marist (1985 Northeast Conference champions) and University of Missouri at Kansas City (1984 NAIA District Finalist).
Cook also has international experience. He was head coach of the Commonwealth of Dominica National Team that finished second in the Eastern Caribbean Championship in 1996.
In addition to coaching, the well-traveled Cook has spent time in Canada, Trinidad, France, Jamaica and St. Maarten teaching the game of women’s basketball at different clinics.
Cook, who resides in Radford, is married to the former Vivian Ray.
Coaching Experience
1983-84
Assistant Coach, University of Missouri at Kansas City
1984-85
Assistant Coach, Marist College
1986-89
Assistant Coach, Mount Saint Mary College
1989-93
Head Men's Basketball Coach, Wiley College
1993-94
Assistant Coach, Louisiana Tech
1994-97
Assistant Coach, Dillard University
1996
Head Coach, Commonwealth of Dominica National Team
1997-2003
Head Coach, Dillard University
2003-08
Head Coach, Nicholls State
2008-Current
Assistant Coach, Radford
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