Colorado State University Athletics
Men's Basketball
Cooley, Brian
Brian Cooley
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- brian.cooley@colostate.edu
Brian Cooley joined the Colorado State men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach in May of 2021.
Colorado State has advanced to the NCAA Tournament in two of the three seasons (2022, 2024) with Cooley on staff.
Working with the Rams’ big men, he oversaw the development of All-American and first round NBA draft pick David Roddy. He also oversaw one of the most efficient shooting seasons in program history from another CSU big man in Patrick Cartier in 2022-23.
Prior to Colorado State, Cooley spent five seasons at Wright State, four of them as the associate head coach. He was the Raiders’ recruiting coordinator. He helped the program to an overall record of 109-49, three conference championships and three postseason bids. He helped Wright State to the NCAA Tournament in 2018.
Cooley spent nine years at South Dakota State. The first two as a graduate assistant and next seven as an assistant coach. While in Brookings he saw 154 wins, 121 of those over the final five seasons, all five ending with a postseason berth. Three times SDSU went to the NCAA Tournament with Cooley on staff.
The program picked up its first-ever postseason win in 2015 when it defeated Colorado State in the first round of the NIT.
Cooley started his coaching career as an assistant coach for Bellevue East High School in Bellevue, Nebraska.
He played collegiately for Nebraska Wesleyan earning the Great Plains Athletic Conference Scholar Athlete honors as a senior.
Cooley earned his bachelor's degree in health and physical education from Nebraska Wesleyan and master’s degree in sports pedagogy from South Dakota State.
Colorado State has advanced to the NCAA Tournament in two of the three seasons (2022, 2024) with Cooley on staff.
Working with the Rams’ big men, he oversaw the development of All-American and first round NBA draft pick David Roddy. He also oversaw one of the most efficient shooting seasons in program history from another CSU big man in Patrick Cartier in 2022-23.
Prior to Colorado State, Cooley spent five seasons at Wright State, four of them as the associate head coach. He was the Raiders’ recruiting coordinator. He helped the program to an overall record of 109-49, three conference championships and three postseason bids. He helped Wright State to the NCAA Tournament in 2018.
Cooley spent nine years at South Dakota State. The first two as a graduate assistant and next seven as an assistant coach. While in Brookings he saw 154 wins, 121 of those over the final five seasons, all five ending with a postseason berth. Three times SDSU went to the NCAA Tournament with Cooley on staff.
The program picked up its first-ever postseason win in 2015 when it defeated Colorado State in the first round of the NIT.
Cooley started his coaching career as an assistant coach for Bellevue East High School in Bellevue, Nebraska.
He played collegiately for Nebraska Wesleyan earning the Great Plains Athletic Conference Scholar Athlete honors as a senior.
Cooley earned his bachelor's degree in health and physical education from Nebraska Wesleyan and master’s degree in sports pedagogy from South Dakota State.
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