Mychal "Mike" Cook is a

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retired

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player who spent his career in the USISL. He is the head coach of the

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women's soccer team.

Player

1984–1985 Cook attended

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, playing on the men's soccer team in 1984 and 1985. In 1986, Cook joined the newly created

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of the

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. The Warriors finished third in the regular season, falling to the Lubbock Lazers in the first round of the playoffs. During the 1987–88 Southwest Indoor Soccer League, Cook finished fifth on the scoring list with twenty-seven goals. The Warriors again made the playoffs, winning the league championship over the

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. Cook was the playoff MVP. Cook continued his scoring pace during the 1988–89 Southwest Indoor Soccer League season with twenty-five goals. In August 1990, Cook joined the

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as they prepared for the 1990 playoffs. The Comets went on to win the championship after which Cook returned to the Warriors for the 1990–91 indoor season. During the 1991–92 indoor season, Cook scored twenty goals in twelve games. In February 1993, the Warriors merged with the Oklahoma City Spirit for the upcoming 1993 outdoor season. The combined team was renamed the

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. Cook played for the Slickers from at least May 1993 through the 1995 outdoor season. Cook then played for the reconstituted

during the 1997–98 USISL I-League In 2006, Cook was inducted into the USL Hall of Fame.USL Hall of Fame: Mike Cook

Coach

Even during his playing career, Cook also coached at the collegiate level. In 1987, he became an assistant with his alma mater, now known as

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. In 1993, he became the head coach of both the men's and women's teams. In his five seasons as head coach, Cook took the men's team to a 58–44–2 record and the women to an 88–22–1 record. In 1998, the

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hired Cook to establish a women's soccer team. From 1998 to 2012, he led the team to a 230–75–19 record.

Head coaching record

Men's soccer

Women's soccer

External links

Central Oklahoma: Mike Cook

References

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