Cliff Cook joined Drury University in 2023 as assistant ice hockey coach.
Prior to joining Drury, Cook spent three seasons as assistant coach with the Missouri State University Ice Bears and in the two seasons before moving to Springfield, he was the Head Coach and General Manager of the Missoula Jr Bruins in the NA3HL, leading the Bruins to their first playoff win in franchise history in his first season. In 2017-2018 he was Associate Head Coach and Director of Player Development for the Dallas Blackhawks Elite AAA.Â
Cook also previously worked with the Pikes Peak Miners in the NAPHL and in the five seasons prior to that he coached at the tier III junior level with the Texas Brahmas and New Mexico Renegades of the Western States Hockey League, the 2013-14 MnJHL Champion Marquette Royales and the 2014-15 USPHL Champion and USA Hockey National Runner-Up New York Aviators.
Coach Cook is a graduate of Missouri State University where he earned a B.S. in Journalism.
