Keegan Cook

Robert Keegan Cook (born July 9, 1985), known as Keegan Cook, is an American volleyball coach.

He began his coaching career at his alma mater, Saint Mary's, where he was on the staff in various assistant coaching roles for eight years (2005–2012). He served as an assistant coach for the University of Washington in 2013 and 2014 before assuming the head coaching role from 2015–2022.

On December 12, 2022, Cook was named the eighth head coach at the University of Minnesota, to begin in the 2023 season, succeeding former coach Hugh McCutcheon.

Personal life

Cook is a native of Pleasanton, California. In 2007, he graduated from Saint Mary's with a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics with a minor in religious studies. He has done work for statistical analysis as a Volleyball Information Supervisor (VIS) for the FIVB. In January 2022, he was named as the president of the board of directors for the American Volleyball Coaches Association, a position he served through the end of 2023.

He is married to Sarah Ammerman, a former professional volleyball player he met while on a foreign tour in 2017, and they have a son, born in 2021.

Coaching career

High school club

Cook was the head coach of the NorCal Volleyball Club for ten years. His teams qualified for the Junior Olympic Championships over his last five years and his 16-Under team won the 2008 Junior Olympic gold medal.

Under Cook, twelve players earned a combined 18 All-American Award and 37 all-Pac 12 selections, with 2 players earning a combined 3 Pac-12 Player of the Year honor. He was named the Pac-12 Coach of the Year in 2020 and the AVCA Pacific North Region Coach of the Year in 2015, 2020, and 2021.

Minnesota

On December 12, 2022, Cook was named the eighth head coach at Minnesota, succeeding Hugh McCutcheon who stepped down from the role at the conclusion of the 2022 season.

USA national teams

In addition to collegiate coaching, he has also worked with USA Volleyball. In 2016, he was the head coach for the U.S. Collegiate Women's National Team for its tour of China, and in the summer of 2018 Cook led the U.S. Junior Women's National Team to compete in the NORCECA Championships in Mexico. He was named the head coach for the U.S. Girl's Youth National Team at the NORCECA Continental Championships in 2020, before the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic In the summer of 2022, he was an assistant coach for the U.S. Girl's U19 Team that won the gold medal at the Pan American Cup.

Head coaching record