Larry Cook

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Larry Cook

Personal information
Date of birth	(1939-02-12) February 12, 1939
Place of birth	Fairbury, Illinois
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
1975–1978 Cal State Fullerton (Assistant) 1979–1984 St. Louis Rams (Scouting Assistant) 1985–1996 New England Patriots (Scout) 1997–2002 New England Patriots (Director of College Scouting) 2003–2005 New England Patriots (Regional Scout) 2006–present New England Patriots (Scouting Consultant)

Larry Cook (born February 12, 1939) is a scouting consultant for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. Cook began his career in football as a coach at Fountain Valley High School in Fountain Valley, California in 1963. In 1975, he left Fountain Valley for California State University, Fullerton, where he accepted a position as an assistant coach on the school's football team. In 1979, he entered the St. Louis Rams' scouting department, where he stayed until joining the scouting department of the New England Patriots in 1985. In 1997, Cook was promoted to the team's director of college scouting, a position he held until becoming a regional scout in 2003. He then was named a scouting consultant in 2006.