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: Hugh Donohue | Charlie Shaffer | Larry Brown | Richard Vinroot

Remembering Mike Cooke: Witness to Greatness
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...
Thu Feb 12, 2026

Video: The Life and Legacy of Dean Smith
The 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