Phone: 215-898-6149
Email: cookj@upenn.edu

Jamie Cook enters his 11th season as Penn’s assistant coach in 2010-11. In his first 10 seasons, he has helped lead the Quakers to two Heptagonal team championships. His responsibilities include coaching the sprints, jumps, hurdles, relays and multi-events as well as serving as the team’s recruiting coordinator.   

Cook has shown an exceptional ability to instruct and motivate his athletes during training and competition. In his stint with Penn he has accumulated some very impressive coaching credentials, including seven school-record performances by his athletes in the triple jump (53’5”), high jump (7’2.5”), 60-meter high hurdles (7.90), 60 meters (6.80), 200 meters (21.24 indoor, 20.90 outdoor) and heptathlon (5,427 points). Included in that group is three-time NCAA qualifier Kyle Calvo.

Cook’s athletes have also shown the ability to dominate their event areas, as he has coached 63 individual Ivy League champions. Most recently, freshman Tim Carey took the 60-meter hurdles title in 2010. Also last season, two of his athletes - Carey in the 400-meter hurdles and James Foreman in the pole vault - qualified for the NCAA Championships. In 2009, two of his athletes also claimed Penn Relays titles.   

Before entering the coaching ranks, Cook was a three-time All-America honoree in the decathlon as well as a three-time Academic All-American while competing for Penn State University. He was a Big 10, IC4A, and Penn Relays champion in the multi-events during his collegiate career.   

After several years of injuries, Cook resumed training in 2001 through the encouragement of his athletes and competed at both the indoor and outdoor USATF National Championships. Cook competed at four successive U.S. national meets and represented the USA vs. Germany in the Decathlon Duel of 2003. His best finish was sixth nationally, and he owns a personal record of 7,853 points in the decathlon, a score which allowed him to compete at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials.   

In 2006, Cook completed his work in the Executive Education program at Penn’s Wharton School of Business with a concentration in finance/accounting. He earned his undergraduate degree while at Penn State.   

Cook is a certified strength and conditioning specialist through the National Strenth and Conditioning Association.   

Cook currently resides in Gloucester Township, N.J., with his wife, Kristin, and their two children.