Remembering Mike Cooke: Witness to Greatness

Posted Feb 12, 2026
Mike Cooke fondly remembers Frank McGuire’s swagger. It was on full display when the former UNC Basketball coach entered his parents’ home in 1959. Cooke was a big guard at 6-foot-2, tall by late-1950's standards. Recruited by Everett Case (NC State) and Vic Bubas (Duke), Cooke arrived in Chapel Hill in 1960 in a freshman class with four New Yorkers. (Inside Carolina)

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