Darwin Louis Cook (born August 6, 1958) is an American basketball coach and former player.
Playing career Cook played college basketball for the Portland Pilots from 1976 to 1980, and was selected by the Detroit Pistons with the 70th overall pick in the 1980 NBA draft.
Cook's NBA career lasted from 1980 to 1989, and he played for the New Jersey Nets, Washington Bullets, Denver Nuggets, and San Antonio Spurs. In 1987, he signed a one-year contract with Scavolini Pesaro of the Italian Serie A1 before returning to the NBA for one more season, playing for the Nuggets and the Spurs. After his NBA career, in 1989, he returned to Italy and signed a two-year contract with Scavolini.
Coaching career On May 19, 2017, Cook was named a head coach of the University of Antelope Valley's Pioneers men's basketball team.
Career playing statistics
NBA Source
Regular season
|style="text-align:left;"| |style="text-align:left;"|New Jersey | 81 || || 24.4 || .468 || .240 || .733 || 2.9 || 3.7 || 1.7 || .4 || 11.2 |- |style="text-align:left;"| |style="text-align:left;"|New Jersey | 82 || 17 || 25.5 || .482 || .226 || .728 || 1.9 || 3.9 || 1.8 || .3 || 11.0 |- |style="text-align:left;"| |style="text-align:left;"|New Jersey | 82 || 47 || 32.0 || .449 || .211 || .769 || 2.9 || 5.5 || 2.4 || .6 || 13.2 |- |style="text-align:left;"| |style="text-align:left;"|New Jersey |style="background:#cfecec;"|82* || 31 || 22.8 || .443 || .239 || .754 || 1.9 || 4.3 || 2.0 || .4 || 8.7 |- |style="text-align:left;"| |style="text-align:left;"|New Jersey | 58 || 9 || 18.3 || .468 || .087 || .870 || 1.6 || 2.8 || 1.3 || .2 || 8.2 |- |style="text-align:left;"| |style="text-align:left;"|New Jersey | 79 || 33 || 24.9 || .426 || .208 || .757 || 2.2 || 4.9 || 2.0 || .3 || 8.0 |- |style="text-align:left;"| |style="text-align:left;"|Washington |style="background:#cfecec;"|82* || 2 || 17.3 || .426 || .087 || .796 || 1.8 || 1.8 || 1.2 || .2 || 7.5 |- |style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| |style="text-align:left;"|San Antonio | 36 || 0 || 21.0 || .467 || .194 || .821 || 1.6 || 2.3 || 1.2 || .1 || 9.6 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Denver | 30 || 4 || 12.9 || .436 || .200 || .773 || 1.6 || 1.4 || .9 || .2 || 5.4 |- class=sortbottom |style="text-align:center;" colspan=2|Career | 612 || 143 || 23.1 || .453 || .196 || .764 || 2.1 || 3.7 || 1.7 || .3 || 9.5
Playoffs
|style="text-align:left;"|1982 |style="text-align:left;"|New Jersey | 2 || || 43.0 || .394 || .000 || .333 || 1.5 || 4.5 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 14.0 |- |style="text-align:left;"|1983 |style="text-align:left;"|New Jersey | 2 || || 31.5 || .333 || .000 || 1.000 || 3.0 || 5.0 || .5 || .0 || 10.0 |- |style="text-align:left;"|1984 |style="text-align:left;"|New Jersey | 11 || || 16.8 || .366 || .308 || .708 || 1.6 || 2.8 || 1.4 || .0 || 7.4 |- |style="text-align:left;"|1985 |style="text-align:left;"|New Jersey | 1 || 0 || 7.0 || .750 || – || – || .0 || 1.0 || .0 || .0 || 6.0 |- |style="text-align:left;"|1986 |style="text-align:left;"|New Jersey | 3 || 0 || 25.7 || .448 || .000 || .333 || 2.3 || 5.7 || 1.7 || .7 || 9.3 |- |style="text-align:left;"|1987 |style="text-align:left;"|Washington | 3 || 0 || 13.7 || .250 || .500 || .500 || 2.3 || 1.0 || 1.3 || .0 || 4.7 |- |style="text-align:left;"|1989 |style="text-align:left;"|Denver | 3 || 3 || 22.0 || .500 || .500 || 1.000 || 4.3 || 3.7 || 1.0 || .0 || 10.3 |- class="sortbottom" |style="text-align:center;" colspan=2|Career | 25 || 3 || 21.0 || .386 || .240 || .652 || 2.2 || 3.3 || 1.2 || .2 || 8.3
See also List of National Basketball Association single-game steals leaders
References
External links College & NBA stats @ basketballreference.com "Where Are They Now" – Darwin Cook by Talia Bargil @ nbrpa.com