David Anderson Kool (born September 23, 1987) is a former collegiate

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player for the

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team. Kool is WMU's all-time leading scorer and was named

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(MAC) Player of the Year in his senior season. Kool was the boys' basketball coach at

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and at Holland Christian High School, in

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. Kool previously served as assistant coach for the WMU men's basketball team from 2011–13. Kool was named athletic director at

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High school

Born in

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, Kool is a graduate of

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where he was a four-year letter winner in basketball, compiling a 71–7 record and winning the 2006

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award. He helped lead South Christian to Class B basketball state championships in 2003 and 2005 as a freshman and junior. Kool scored a Class B-record 43 points in the 2005 state championship game, 18 of which came in the fourth quarter. He also broke the Class B state finals record by making all 20 of his free throw attempts in that game. During his senior season, Kool was awarded the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan First Team All-State, Associated Press First Team All-State, Detroit News and Detroit Free Press First Team All-State, Bankhoops.com State Player of the Year and High School Athlete of the Year honors by the March of Dimes. Kool is South Christian High School all-time leading scorer with 1,853 points. He averaged 23.5 point per game for his career and 30.1 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.4 steals per game his senior season. Kool also played soccer, track and was the football placekicker in high school. Kool was named Second Team All-State in soccer his sophomore season. Kool played AAU basketball on the Michigan Mustangs with several other college and NBA players such as

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and

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College

Kool played college basketball for the

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, wearing number 23. Kool sat out the first few games of the Bronco's 2006–07 campaign due to a leg injury, but became the Bronco's starting guard, playing both

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and

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. Kool was the

's leading freshman scorer, averaging 11.4 points per game, and was fifth nationally in

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percentage (91.7%). At the conclusion of the regular season, Kool was named the MAC's Freshman of the Year. Kool holds the MAC all-time single season free throw percentage, shooting 99 for 108 (91.7%) in the 2006–07 season. He is also the only MAC player ever to finish the season with a free throw percentage greater than 90%. Kool made 29 consecutive free throws his freshman year, which is the second-longest streak in WMU history. Kool scored a career-high 38 points against

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January 30, 2010 in a 74–73 loss at Kent State. Kool has been named MAC West Division Player of the Week on seven occasions, once his freshman year, three times his sophomore year and three times his junior year. Kool was named to the All-MAC First Team as a sophomore. After the 2008–09 season Kool was named to the All-MAC Second Team and the Academic All-American Third Team. Kool was named to the Preseason All-MAC team his junior and senior seasons. On January 27, 2010, Kool scored 30 points to become WMU's all-time leading scorer, passing Manny Newsome (1,787 points). Kool finished his college career with 2,122 points. Kool has made the most free throws in MAC history.

Statistics

The following table shows Kool's collegiate stats at WMU.

Professional career

Kool was invited to the 2010 Portsmouth Invitational, an event that invites 64 of the best senior college players to participate in a four-day tournament.

Coaching career

After the completion of his career at WMU, Kool returned to coach the WMU men's basketball team as an undergraduate assistant. Starting in the 2011–12 season, Kool served as an assistant coach for the team under head coach Steve Hawkins. After the end of the 2012–13 WMU season, Kool accepted the boys' varsity head coaching position at

References

External links

Player profile at WMUBroncos.comPlayer profile at Yahoo! Sports
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