Staff/Coaches

Jim Cook

CEO/Founder Jim Cook has provided an outstanding program for the development of basketball players for the past nineteen years. He began his AAU program in 1992 as the Lady Wildcats. In 2001 he changed the program name to Illinois Team USA and added additional girls teams, a boy’s basketball program, and additional sports and events for kids. He has coached athletes as they compete in the highest level of competition during the summer months and then assists them in earning college scholarships. Along with coaching his AAU teams, Cook was a Dean’s Assistant in School District U46 for 12 years. Most recently he worked at Bartlett High School. During his tenure in U46, he had various coaching experiences including Head Boy’s Basketball Coach at Canton Middle School and Assistant Varsity Girl’s Basketball Coach at Larkin High School. In addition to Illinois Team USA Cook is currently the head Women’s and Men’s Basketball Coach at Judson College in Elgin, IL. Jim is also in charge of the IBL Elgin Racers Organization as the General Manager & Basketball Operations Coach. Cook graduated from Eisenhower High School in Decatur, IL. He completed his collegiate athletic eligibility with an outstanding basketball career at both Shasta Community College in California and Carroll College in Montana. He eventually received his bachelor’s degree in Applied Behavioral Sciences at National Louis University in 2002 and finished up his Masters of Sports Management from Nova Southeastern University.