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Bryan Cook
- Title:
- Assistant Coach/Tight Ends
Bryan Cook is in his third year on the University of Colorado football staff, his first as the tight ends coach. He initially joined the program on March 1, 2019 as the director of quality control for the defense under then-head coach Mel Tucker, and was retained in the same position when Karl Dorrell was named head coach in February 2020.
Dorrell promoted Cook to tight ends coach on February 1, 2021, citing not only his coaching abilities but his teaching acumen.
Cook, 44, a veteran coach of 20 seasons in the collegiate ranks, came to Colorado from Georgia Tech. He was on the Yellow Jackets’ staff as a quality control specialist for defense in 2018, his third stint with the school, assisting and focusing in particular with the play of outside linebackers. He previously had served as Georgia Tech’s quarterbacks and “B-backs” coach (2013-16) and as a graduate assistant with the Yellow Jackets (2001-03).
For the 2017 season, he was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Georgia Southern under then-head coach Tyson Summers, who he would accompany to CU when he took CU’s defensive coordinator position.
During his four seasons on Paul Johnson’s offensive staff as quarterbacks coach at Georgia Tech, he helped game plan one of the most dangerous offenses in college football. In 2016, the Yellow Jackets had over 5,000 yards of total offense (3,335 rushing) en route to an 8-win season, one that included wins over Virginia Tech and Georgia in earning a TaxSlayer Bowl bid. Tech featured a top-10 rushing attack nationally and also led the country in yards per completion under Cook’s tutelage.
In 2014, Georgia Tech was 11-3 and finished as the No. 8 team in the country, claiming the Coastal Division title in the Atlantic Coast Conference and narrowly missing winning the league title, falling 37-25 to Florida State in the championship game. The Yellow Jackets defeated Mississippi State, 49-34, to win the Orange Bowl. That season, Cook tutored All-ACC signal caller Justin Thomas, who set the school’s single-season rushing record for quarterbacks with 1,086 yards, while also recording an impressive pass efficiency rating of 153.90 and would be named the MVP of the Orange Bowl. Tech’s backfield consisted of three career 1,000-yard rushers – Thomas, Zach Laskey and Synjyn Days.
The ‘14 Tech squad led the nation in rushing offense with 4,789 yards (342.1 per game), both marks shattering the previous school records. Days (924) and Laskey (851) accounted for 1,775 of those yards as well as 18 rushing touchdowns (nine each). The Jackets also led the nation in third down conversion percentage (57.9) and yards per completion (17.8) and led the ACC in 11 offensive categories.
In 2013, Cook saw the Georgia Tech offense put up huge numbers, ranking sixth nationally in rushing yards (299.3 per game), tied for fourth in third down percentage (51.4) and led the nation in yards per completion (18.4). Tech produced 48 rushing touchdowns, tying Oregon for the most nationally. The Jackets had 41 rushing plays of 20 yards or more, second only to Oregon (43). Cook tutored a pair of young quarterbacks – sophomore Vad Lee and redshirt freshman Thomas – who combined for 747 yards rushing and 10 touchdowns. Senior B-back David Sims earned honorable mention All-ACC honors.
At GT, he coached five student-athletes that received all-Atlantic Coast Conference recognition, including quarterback Justin Thomas, who became the 39th player in NCAA Division I FBS history with 4,000 passing yards and 2,000 rushing yards in a career. Cook also helped the Jackets rank among the top 10 nationally in both rushing offense and passing yards per completion in each of his four seasons.
Prior to his second time in Atlanta, he spent four seasons (2009-12) as the co-offensive coordinator at Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo, Calif.). The Mustangs had a 9-3 record in his last season there and reached the second round of the FCS playoffs. It was Cal Poly’s first year as a member of the Big Sky Conference, with the Mustangs earning co-champion honors with a 7-1 mark in league play. Under Cook, who also coached the quarterbacks and fullbacks, the Mustangs ranked third nationally that season in the FCS in rushing offense (324.2 yards per game), seventh in scoring offense (36.7) and first in pass efficiency (175.7). His quarterback, Andre Broadous, threw for 1,375 yards with 18 touchdowns and just four interceptions (and a league-leading 173.0 efficiency). In his four years in Pomona, the Mustangs were 26-19.
Cook spent four years (2005-08) as head coach at West Point Prep in Monmouth, N.J., where his teams compiled a 28-22-1 record, with is two best teams in 2006 (8-2) and 2008 (7-3). He was the defensive coordinator at West Point Prep in 2004 before being promoted to head coach, when he also coached the quarterbacks for two seasons and the offensive line for the other two.
His first “tour” at Georgia Tech came over the 2001-03 seasons, when he worked as a graduate assistant coach (under two different head coaches). In 2001, when Tech went 8-5 and played in the Seattle Bowl, Cook helped coach the Yellow Jacket defensive backs and special teams under George O’Leary; in 2002, he coached tight ends under Chan Gailey and helped Tech produce a 7-6 record and a Silicon Valley Classic appearance. Two of the tight ends he coached would go on to have long productive NFL careers: J.P. Foschi (2004-10, eight different teams) and Will Heller (2003-12, four teams). In 2003, Cook worked with the safeties for a team that earned a berth in the Humanitarian Bowl.
Cook lettered in both football and lacrosse at Ithaca College, where he was a starting strong safety for two Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) championship teams (1996, 1998) along with earning all-conference honors as a defenseman in lacrosse. He earned two degrees from Ithaca, his bachelor’s in health and physical education in 1998, graduating with magna cum laude honors, and his master’s in exercise science in 2000. He was a member of the Dean’s List all four years as an undergrad, and he had his first experience coaching while in grad school, coaching the wide receivers for the Bombers for the 1999 season. After earning his master’s, he was a defensive assistant coach for Lafayette (Pa.) College in the fall of 2000.
He was born on December 29, 1976 in Syracuse, N.Y., and graduated from C.W. Baker High School (Baldwinsville, N.Y.) where he lettered in football and lacrosse. His hobbies include skiing and most anything that has to do with the outdoors. He is married to the former Julia Bell, and the couple has two children, son Jackson (11) and daughter Reagan (9).
AT-A-GLANCE—He has coached in 109 games as a full-time collegiate coach, 64 Division I-A (FBS) games (52 at Georgia Tech, 12 at Georgia Southern) and 45 FCS games (all at Cal Poly). He has been a part of eight bowl games, all with Georgia Tech (2001 Seattle, 2002 Silicon Valley, 2003 Humanitarian, 2013 Music City, 2015 Orange and 2016 TaxSlayer, 2018 Quick Lane, 2020 Alamo).
Dorrell promoted Cook to tight ends coach on February 1, 2021, citing not only his coaching abilities but his teaching acumen.
Cook, 44, a veteran coach of 20 seasons in the collegiate ranks, came to Colorado from Georgia Tech. He was on the Yellow Jackets’ staff as a quality control specialist for defense in 2018, his third stint with the school, assisting and focusing in particular with the play of outside linebackers. He previously had served as Georgia Tech’s quarterbacks and “B-backs” coach (2013-16) and as a graduate assistant with the Yellow Jackets (2001-03).
For the 2017 season, he was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Georgia Southern under then-head coach Tyson Summers, who he would accompany to CU when he took CU’s defensive coordinator position.
During his four seasons on Paul Johnson’s offensive staff as quarterbacks coach at Georgia Tech, he helped game plan one of the most dangerous offenses in college football. In 2016, the Yellow Jackets had over 5,000 yards of total offense (3,335 rushing) en route to an 8-win season, one that included wins over Virginia Tech and Georgia in earning a TaxSlayer Bowl bid. Tech featured a top-10 rushing attack nationally and also led the country in yards per completion under Cook’s tutelage.
In 2014, Georgia Tech was 11-3 and finished as the No. 8 team in the country, claiming the Coastal Division title in the Atlantic Coast Conference and narrowly missing winning the league title, falling 37-25 to Florida State in the championship game. The Yellow Jackets defeated Mississippi State, 49-34, to win the Orange Bowl. That season, Cook tutored All-ACC signal caller Justin Thomas, who set the school’s single-season rushing record for quarterbacks with 1,086 yards, while also recording an impressive pass efficiency rating of 153.90 and would be named the MVP of the Orange Bowl. Tech’s backfield consisted of three career 1,000-yard rushers – Thomas, Zach Laskey and Synjyn Days.
The ‘14 Tech squad led the nation in rushing offense with 4,789 yards (342.1 per game), both marks shattering the previous school records. Days (924) and Laskey (851) accounted for 1,775 of those yards as well as 18 rushing touchdowns (nine each). The Jackets also led the nation in third down conversion percentage (57.9) and yards per completion (17.8) and led the ACC in 11 offensive categories.
In 2013, Cook saw the Georgia Tech offense put up huge numbers, ranking sixth nationally in rushing yards (299.3 per game), tied for fourth in third down percentage (51.4) and led the nation in yards per completion (18.4). Tech produced 48 rushing touchdowns, tying Oregon for the most nationally. The Jackets had 41 rushing plays of 20 yards or more, second only to Oregon (43). Cook tutored a pair of young quarterbacks – sophomore Vad Lee and redshirt freshman Thomas – who combined for 747 yards rushing and 10 touchdowns. Senior B-back David Sims earned honorable mention All-ACC honors.
At GT, he coached five student-athletes that received all-Atlantic Coast Conference recognition, including quarterback Justin Thomas, who became the 39th player in NCAA Division I FBS history with 4,000 passing yards and 2,000 rushing yards in a career. Cook also helped the Jackets rank among the top 10 nationally in both rushing offense and passing yards per completion in each of his four seasons.
Prior to his second time in Atlanta, he spent four seasons (2009-12) as the co-offensive coordinator at Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo, Calif.). The Mustangs had a 9-3 record in his last season there and reached the second round of the FCS playoffs. It was Cal Poly’s first year as a member of the Big Sky Conference, with the Mustangs earning co-champion honors with a 7-1 mark in league play. Under Cook, who also coached the quarterbacks and fullbacks, the Mustangs ranked third nationally that season in the FCS in rushing offense (324.2 yards per game), seventh in scoring offense (36.7) and first in pass efficiency (175.7). His quarterback, Andre Broadous, threw for 1,375 yards with 18 touchdowns and just four interceptions (and a league-leading 173.0 efficiency). In his four years in Pomona, the Mustangs were 26-19.
Cook spent four years (2005-08) as head coach at West Point Prep in Monmouth, N.J., where his teams compiled a 28-22-1 record, with is two best teams in 2006 (8-2) and 2008 (7-3). He was the defensive coordinator at West Point Prep in 2004 before being promoted to head coach, when he also coached the quarterbacks for two seasons and the offensive line for the other two.
His first “tour” at Georgia Tech came over the 2001-03 seasons, when he worked as a graduate assistant coach (under two different head coaches). In 2001, when Tech went 8-5 and played in the Seattle Bowl, Cook helped coach the Yellow Jacket defensive backs and special teams under George O’Leary; in 2002, he coached tight ends under Chan Gailey and helped Tech produce a 7-6 record and a Silicon Valley Classic appearance. Two of the tight ends he coached would go on to have long productive NFL careers: J.P. Foschi (2004-10, eight different teams) and Will Heller (2003-12, four teams). In 2003, Cook worked with the safeties for a team that earned a berth in the Humanitarian Bowl.
Cook lettered in both football and lacrosse at Ithaca College, where he was a starting strong safety for two Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) championship teams (1996, 1998) along with earning all-conference honors as a defenseman in lacrosse. He earned two degrees from Ithaca, his bachelor’s in health and physical education in 1998, graduating with magna cum laude honors, and his master’s in exercise science in 2000. He was a member of the Dean’s List all four years as an undergrad, and he had his first experience coaching while in grad school, coaching the wide receivers for the Bombers for the 1999 season. After earning his master’s, he was a defensive assistant coach for Lafayette (Pa.) College in the fall of 2000.
He was born on December 29, 1976 in Syracuse, N.Y., and graduated from C.W. Baker High School (Baldwinsville, N.Y.) where he lettered in football and lacrosse. His hobbies include skiing and most anything that has to do with the outdoors. He is married to the former Julia Bell, and the couple has two children, son Jackson (11) and daughter Reagan (9).
AT-A-GLANCE—He has coached in 109 games as a full-time collegiate coach, 64 Division I-A (FBS) games (52 at Georgia Tech, 12 at Georgia Southern) and 45 FCS games (all at Cal Poly). He has been a part of eight bowl games, all with Georgia Tech (2001 Seattle, 2002 Silicon Valley, 2003 Humanitarian, 2013 Music City, 2015 Orange and 2016 TaxSlayer, 2018 Quick Lane, 2020 Alamo).
COACHING EXPERIENCE
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1999 |
Ithaca |
Graduate Assistant |
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2000 |
Lafayette (Pa.) |
Defensive Assistant |
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2001-03 |
Georgia Tech |
Graduate Assistant |
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2004 |
West Point Prep |
Defensive Coordinator |
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2005-08 |
West Point Prep |
Head Coach |
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2009-12 |
Cal Poly |
Co-Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks |
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2013-16 |
Georgia Tech |
Quarterbacks |
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2017 |
Georgia Southern |
Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks |
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2018 |
Georgia Tech |
Quality Control / Defense |
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2019-20 |
Colorado |
Quality Control / Defense |
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2021- |
Colorado |
Tight Ends Coach |
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