As he connected more with players and made them better people, John Cook won a lot more than four national titles at Nebraska. He saved his greatest work for last.

In classic John Cook fashion, the coach quoted a Neil Young song, “It’s better to burn out than to fade away.” Tom Shatel ...

The legendary Husker volleyball coach is retiring ... the story of how the Nebraska cowboys knew him as “John the Cowboy.” Not “Coach Cook.” His greatest act was the past 10 years.

As he connected more with players and made them better players and people, John Cook won a lot more than four national titles ...

While wearing a black cowboy hat, John Cook shared the strange recruiting visit that started a great relationship with Dani ...

And there’s big-time university coaches like Kristen Bernthal Booth at Creighton (who played at Lincoln East) and Nebraska’s ...

"Really he truly cares, and he is all hands on deck with just wanting volleyball to be one of the biggest sports out there," Wong-Orantes said.

John Cook has the championship rings, the awards, the trophies. But none of those are his greatest accomplishment, writes ...

JOHN COOK, THROUGH SAYS THOUGH 25 YEARS IS ENOUGH AND STEPS DOWN AS THE HUSKERS HEAD VOLLEYBALL COACH ... 25 SEASONS LATER, THE COWBOY HANDS THE REINS OVER TO HIS FORMER PLAYER AND ASSISTANT ...