Martial Arts Gallatin, Tennessee

Coach Cook was born in Chattanooga Tennessee and has been married for 32 years to his wife, Diane. He has 2 kids and 2 grand kids that occupy all of his free time. He has been a law enforcement officer for 24 years, working for the Wakulla County, Fl. Sheriff’s Office, the Florida Highway Patrol, and is currently an investigator at the Gallatin Police Department. Coach Cook trains at Checkmat Gallatin under Professor Sebastian Rodriguez to maintain a level of fitness and self defense expertise to ensure that he is prepared for whatever may occur during his duties as a police officer. Coach Cook began wrestling in junior high in 1979 and wrestled for the Oregon National team from 1981 through 1985. He was a Junior National All American placing 5 th at the Fargo Nationals in Freestyle and 7 th in Greco Roman wrestling. During his high school career at West Linn High School in Oregon, Coach Cook was a district runner up as a junior, and a district champion as a senior, eventually placing 5 th at the Oregon High School State Championships. Coach Cook then went on to wrestle at the University of Oregon before continuing his love of wrestling by coaching junior high and high school wrestling from 1992 through 2011 in Oregon, New Jersey, Florida and Tennessee. Coach Cook began jiu jitsu at Checkmat Gallatin in 2019 under Professor Sebastian Rodriguez and has won several IBJJF, Fuji and Submission Only tournaments, including 2 gold medals as a blue belt and one silver medal as a purple belt at the IBJJF Nashville Fall Open tournaments. He is the 2022 World Master 5 Blue belt Super Heavyweight gold medalist, and the 2023 World Master 6 Purple belt silver medalist. Coach Cook loves the process of learning and coaching and knows that Checkmat Gallatin will be a big part of the rest of his life.