Mike Cooke Basketball News & Bio
| Name: | Mike Cooke | | Hometown: | Mount Airy, NC | | High School: | Mount Airy | | Born: | January 11, 1942 | | Died: | February 4, 2026 | | Height/Weight: | 6-2, 186 | | Position: | Guard | | Notes: | 1964 Basketball Team Captain | | Related: | Art Katz | Charlie Burns | Bruce Bowers | Peppy Callahan |
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Remembering Mike Cooke: Witness to GreatnessMike 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...
Thu Feb 12, 2026
Video: The Life and Legacy of Dean SmithThe class of '64 witnessed the beginning of Dean Smith's head coaching career, the legacy and impact of which still reaches far and wide today...
Sun Jun 15, 2014
Coach Smith, Cooke have fond memories of Yokley
As news of John Yokley's death reached Chapel Hill and beyond, former University of North Carolina head coach Dean Smith and Yokley's teammate Mike Cooke...
Sat Mar 29, 2008