Kerry Cooks
Safeties at Rice since 2026.
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- Seasons coached
- 24
- First season
- 2003
- Teams
- 10
Career
16 stints
2000s
- 2003Kansas StateGraduate Assistant
- 2003Nimitz High SchoolAssistant Coach
- 2004Western IllinoisDefensive Backs
- 2005MinnesotaDefensive Backs
- 2006–2009WisconsinDefensive Backs
2010s
- 2010Notre DameOutside Linebackers
- 2011Notre DameCornerbacks
- 2012–2013Notre DameCo-Defensive CoordinatorCornerbacks
- 2014Notre DameDefensive Backs
- 2015–2018OklahomaDefensive Backs
- 2019Texas TechSafeties
2020s
- 2020–2021Notre DameDefensive Assistant
- 2022–2023LSUSafeties
- 2024RiceDefensive Assistant
- 2025RiceSafeties
- 2026–presentRiceSafeties
Coaching tree
13 mentors, 0 protégés, 0 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
Mentors
Became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
15
- 2025–2026Scott AbellCoached under · Rice
- 2024Mike BloomgrenCoached under · Rice
- 2024Pete AlamarCoached under · Rice
- 2022–2023Brian KellyCoached under · LSU
- 2021Marcus FreemanCoached under · Notre Dame
- 2020–2021Brian KellyCoached under · Notre Dame
- 2019Matt WellsCoached under · Texas Tech
- 2019Skyler CassityCoached under · Texas Tech
- 2017–2018Lincoln RileyCoached under · Oklahoma
- 2015–2016Bob StoopsCoached under · Oklahoma
- 2010–2014Brian KellyCoached under · Notre Dame
- 2006–2009Bret BielemaCoached under · Wisconsin
- 2005Glen MasonCoached under · Minnesota
- 2004Don PattersonCoached under · Western Illinois
- 2003Bill SnyderCoached under · Kansas State
Succeeded
5
- 2024Jake OlsenSucceeded by · LSU
- 2019Brett DewhurstSucceeded · Texas Tech
- 2015Todd LyghtSucceeded by · Notre Dame
- 2010Chris AshSucceeded by · Wisconsin
- 2006Ron LeeSucceeded · Wisconsin
Tenure
24 seasons
- OklahomaPosition coach · 2015–20184
- WisconsinPosition coach · 2006–20094
- Notre DamePosition coach · 2010–20143
- RicePosition coach · 2025–2026 · current2
- LSUPosition coach · 2022–20232
- Notre DameAnalyst · 2020–20212
- Notre DameCoordinator · 2012–20132
- RiceAnalyst · 20241
- Texas TechPosition coach · 20191
- MinnesotaPosition coach · 20051
- Western IllinoisPosition coach · 20041
- Kansas StateAnalyst · 20031
- Nimitz High SchoolPosition coach · 20031
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Kerry Cooks. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.