Steve Cook ( born Steve Cooke ; born or , ) - English football coach. He currently holds the position of head coach of the USL Oklahoma City Energy Club.
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Biography
Cook was born in Sheffield into a working-class family, his father was a steel worker, and his grandfather was a miner. He played football in his youth, but never played at a professional level [2] .
At the age of 16, Cook began to study the profession of a football coach. Having received a coaching license, he entered Carnegie College for teaching pedagogy. At the age of 22, he was hired as a coach at the Academy of Sheffield Wednesday Club. He moved to the United States in 1996, having received an invitation from a youth team in Phoenix . Since 2007 he has been working as a youth coach in Las Vegas [2] .
Colorado Rapids Cook joined in 2010 as a coach at the academy. In 2012, he entered the headquarters of the head coach Oscar Pareji , combining with the duties of the academy. From 2014, he was the assistant to the head coach Pablo Mastroeni . After Mastroeni’s dismissal on August 15, 2017, Cook temporarily performed the duties of the head coach until the end of the season [3] .
On December 19, 2017, Cook was appointed the head coach and technical director of the USL Oklahoma City Energy affiliated with Colorado Rapids [4] [5] [6] .
Coaching statistics
- As of May 20, 2018 [7]
| Team | Beginning of work | End of work | results | ||||
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| AND | AT | H | P | AT % | |||
| Colorado Rapids | August 15, 2017 | November 28, 2017 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 25.00 |
| Oklahoma City Energy | December 19, 2017 | ten | 2 | 0 | eight | 20.00 | |
| Total | 22 | five | 2 | 15 | 22.73 | ||
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Worldfootball.net
- ↑ 1 2 John Meyer. Rapids interim head coach Steve Cooke shaped by his working-class background in England . The Denver Post (August 22, 2017). The appeal date is May 26, 2018.
- ↑ Franco Panizo. Colorado Rapids part ways with Pablo Mastroeni, Cooke named interim boss (Eng.) . MLSsoccer.com (August 15, 2017). The appeal date is May 26, 2018.
- ↑ Josh Evans. Energy FC names Steve Cooke Head Coach and Technical Director (English) . OKC Energy FC (12/19/17). The appeal date is May 26, 2018.
- ↑ Steve Cooke named Oklahoma City Energy FC head coach & technical director (English) . Colorado Rapids (December 19, 2017). The appeal date is May 26, 2018.
- ↑ Jenni Carlson. Steve Cooke named energy head coach of Energy FC (English) . News OK (December 19, 2017). The appeal date is May 26, 2018.
- ↑ Steve Cooke - Manager profile (English) . Transfermarkt . The appeal date is May 26, 2018.