Coach Cooke came to Charlotte Latin in the summer of 2019 from Porter Ridge High School where he was the head baseball coach and a physical education teacher. The bulk of his coaching career was at his alma mater, Independence High School, where he spent six years as a teacher and head of the baseball program. Cooke’s teams won conference championships in 2014 and 2016, earning him coach of the year accolades. Cooke graduated from Gardner-Webb University with a bachelor’s degree in sports management, and earned All-Big South honors as both a football and baseball player. As a senior, he served as a captain for both teams and was selected as the Gardner-Webb Male Student-Athlete of the Year. He was inducted into Gardner-Webb’s Athletic Hall of Fame in October 2021. The Latin Booster Club award Coach Cooke as the Newcomer Coach of the Year at the 2020 Hawkspy Awards. He and his wife, Angela, have a daughter in the Lower School and a son in the Nest.
