David Kool

David Anderson Kool (born September 23, 1987) is a former collegiate basketball player for the Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball team. Kool is WMU's all-time leading scorer and was named Mid-American Conference (MAC) Player of the Year in his senior season. Kool was the boys' basketball coach at Jenison High School in Jenison, Michigan and at Holland Christian High School, in Holland, Michigan. Kool previously served as assistant coach for the WMU men's basketball team from 2011–13. Kool was named athletic director at South Christian High School on April 15, 2020.

High school Born in Battle Creek, Michigan, Kool is a graduate of South Christian High School in Grand Rapids where he was a four-year letter winner in basketball, compiling a 71–7 He helped lead South Christian to Class B basketball state championships in 2003 and 2005 as a freshman and junior. Kool made 29 consecutive free throws his freshman year, which is the second-longest streak in WMU history.

Kool scored a career-high 38 points against Kent State January 30, 2010 in a 74–73 loss at Kent State. Kool has been named MAC West Division Player of the Week on seven occasions, once his freshman year, three times his sophomore year and three times his junior year. Kool was named to the All-MAC First Team as a sophomore.

After the 2008–09 season Kool was named to the All-MAC Second Team and the Academic All-American Third Team.

Kool was named to the Preseason All-MAC team his junior and senior seasons.

On January 27, 2010, Kool scored 30 points to become WMU's all-time leading scorer, passing Manny Newsome (1,787 points). Kool finished his college career with 2,122 points.

Kool has made the most free throws in MAC history.

Statistics The following table shows Kool's collegiate stats at WMU.

Coaching career After the completion of his career at WMU, Kool returned to coach the WMU men's basketball team as an undergraduate assistant. Starting in the 2011–12 season, Kool served as an assistant coach for the team under head coach Steve Hawkins. After the end of the 2012–13 WMU season, Kool accepted the boys' varsity head coaching position at Jenison High School in Jenison, Michigan.