Steve Cook Named Director of Athletics & Recreation
Coe College President David McInally and Vice President Larry Lee announced the hire of Steve Cook as Coe College’s new director of athletics & recreation. Cook, who is in his 24th year at Coe, will remain the head baseball coach while taking over athletic director duties effective immediately.
Cook came to Coe in 1996 as an assistant baseball coach, moving to the head coach position the following year. Cook is a 1993 graduate of Allegheny College in Pennsylvania, a traditional NCAA Division III powerhouse. A four-year starter in the infield, Cook was an All-American in 1993 when his nationally ranked team finished 37-5 overall. Cook was inducted into the Allegheny College Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009.
While at Allegheny, Cook set 10 offensive records, including career batting average and RBIs as well as setting the mark in hits for a career and a single season. He spent three years playing in the minor leagues, including a stop with the Cedar Rapids Kernels. During the 1994 season, Cook and the Kernels won the Midwest League championship.
Cook surpassed the 500-win plateau during the 2019 season and is, by-far, Coe's winningest baseball coach.
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