Penn State head coach Jeff Cook gives instruction during a game against Wisconsin. (Mark Selders)
Editor’s note: This story appears in the March/April 2021 issue of New England Soccer Journal. Subscribe here for insider access.
Over three decades have passed since Jeff Cook (Springfield, Mass.) first entered the college coaching world, and he carries big aspirations at his latest stop.
Now in his third year as Penn State’s head coach, Cook leads a program that last won a Big Ten tournament title in 2005. He took the job in January 2018, departing the Philadelphia Union organization after working with their academy program and USL Championship team.
