Dick Cooke

Richard J. Cooke

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lbs.
• School University of Richmond

• Born October 28, 1955 in Wall, NJ USA

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Biographical Information

Pitcher Dick Cooke played in the Boston Red Sox chain from 1979 to 1981.

He was an assistant coach at his alma mater from 1984 to 1988. He then moved to Belmont Abbey College as head coach in 1990. Cooke was the head coach at Davidson College from 1991-2018. He coached for the USA in the 1999 Pan American Games, the 2003 Pan American Games (they won Silver), 2007 Baseball World Cup and in the 2008 Olympics, when they won Bronze. In 2012, he was critically injured in a car crash; the other driver was charged with driving while impaired and reckless driving.

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1990	Belmont Abbey College	11-32
1991	Davidson College	23-29	10-8	Big South
1992	Davidson College	28-25	10-6	Big South
1993	Davidson College	20-28	11-9	SoCon
1994	Davidson College	20-31	10-14	SoCon
1995	Davidson College	19-32	12-12	SoCon
1996	Davidson College	16-33	6-18	SoCon
1997	Davidson College	18-34	8-15	SoCon
1998	Davidson College	13-38	8-16	SoCon
1999	Davidson College	11-37-1	9-21
2000	Davidson College	26-28	14-15	SoCon
2001	Davidson College	19-32	10-20
2002	Davidson College	21-29	13-16
2003	Davidson College	18-27	12-17	SoCon
2004	Davidson College	20-33	13-17	SoCon
2005	Davidson College	26-24	13-17
2006	Davidson College	18-33	6-21	SoCon
2007	Davidson College	19-34	8-19	SoCon
2008	Davidson College	12-38	4-23	SoCon
2009	Davidson College	18-31	11-16	SoCon
2010	Davidson College	19-32	5-25
2011	Davidson College	18-30	8-21
2012	Davidson College	17-31	8-22
2013	Davidson College	18-31	12-18
2014	Davidson College	29-19	17-8	SoCon
2015	Davidson College	28-22	14-10	Atlantic-10
2016	Davidson College	28-26	11-11	Atlantic-10
2017	Davidson College	35-26	13-11	Atlantic-10 / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2018	Davidson College	33-21	14-10	Atlantic-10

Related Sites

• Davidson College Bio