Hayden Cook

Father. Educator. Coach.

[Linsly Golf @LinslyG]

Landen Cook with a nice drive on hole number 2 after a first hole par ⛳️ Linsly golf back in action in a Tri-Match against Fort Frye and Waterford at Lakeside GC ⛳️

[Hayden Cook @mrcook2]

@Bradenprice_ @Price_is_Rite So happy! You’ve worked hard and have made it happen. Congratulations and enjoy this moment!!

[Hayden Cook @mrcook2]

@dst6n01 What’s been your favorite?

[Hayden Cook @mrcook2]

@Rachel__Nichols Team USA vs. Team World.

[Hayden Cook @mrcook2]

Let’s go.

[UNF Men's Basketball @OspreyMBB]

A bucket out of Wheeling, West Virginia - get to know @vargo_alex ‼️

[Hayden Cook @mrcook2]

@ScholasticEdu @literacypodcast This is my 2nd year teaching the SOR but have been an educator 17 years. #ScholasticGiveaway

[Linsly Golf @LinslyG]

Landen Cook with a great up and down for birdie on hole 4 ⛳️

[Hayden Cook @mrcook2]

From Corner Boys to Classrooms: Nurturing Potential in Every Child

https://t.co/LL7vXkTjoa

[Melissa Leone @iTechTeachLearn]

Thanks to local artist, Vondel, for partnering with DTE this quarter! We enjoyed learning about your work and hopefully playing a small part in helping you grow your socials! 🎨

[Hayden Cook @mrcook2]

#WeNeedBlackTeachers @selmekki @CenterBlackEd

[Hayden Cook @mrcook2]

Great video to capture the moment! 🖤🧡

[Linsly Girls Basketball @LinslyB]

Haylen Cook’s 1000 point evening.
🖤🏀🧡

(Video credit to RJ Zitzelsberger, 6th grade Linsly student)

[Hayden Cook @mrcook2]

@ccoleiii I’ve had this concept in my mind for some time! Let’s connect and discuss!

[Hayden Cook @mrcook2]

@Bradenprice_ And didn’t you break your arm freshmen year on your first carry?! Proud of the growth. Keep moving forward.

[Hayden Cook @mrcook2]

Great to see Kaylee! Best of luck with the upcoming season!

[Bucknell WBB @Bucknell_WBB]

Can’t wait to see you all in Sojka tomorrow!!! #BisonFam #TST

Please make sure to RSVP by emailing Molly Gillis at [email protected]

@BucknellStuHlth @BU_ENGR @BucknellCAS @themillercenter

[Hayden Cook @mrcook2]

Have it on my list of books to read. Will move it up after your recommendation. I don’t think the effects of the crack era are discussed enough in educational circles and the impacts it had on multiple generations.

[Charles Cole, III, Ed.D., MPA ᯅ @ccoleiii]

Lucky Me Review

Over the past week, I read Rich Paul's latest book, Lucky Me, and by read, I mean I listened to the audiobook at 1.5x speed. Read by Paul himself, it was a rich story that took a commendable angle. The angle was that Rich focused on his upbringing and what built "Lil Rich" rather than the champagne-soaked tales of being a kingmaker in professional sports or gossipy takes on his good friend LeBron that could be skewed and reshaped by the pundits and social media.

No, in Rich’s story, I saw so much of myself. Now, to be clear, I never sold weed. I was never the kid in the dice game (I'd watch and then get bored and go play basketball), but what did resonate was a spirit shared by all the crack-era babies. However, I did utilize everything around me to hustle my way out of abject poverty, and I now run my companies and business endeavors a certain way. And many people will never understand my mindset about my work, but this book captures that spirit. Much of it goes unsaid, but the vibe is thick and cloudy, like the old clubs Billie Holliday used to perform in.

What Rich captured was a demeanor you have as a Black boy learning in a fast-paced environment where real danger, dangers you don't even fully comprehend as dangers at the moment, are all around. Rich captured the complicated relationship many of us had during that era with addict parents and how we made sense of the world. Rich also captured how our minds were molded then, which still influences us today.

Check out the book if you want a raw character study of one of the best minds in modern sports today. If you want to understand better how a young man who hustled dime bags and throwback jerseys became one of the most potent powerbrokers in all sports, then this is the book for you. As attributed to the book title, this is Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt, not the latest algorithmic 2-minute hit that only deals in surface-level exploits. It’s a man pouring his soul and exercising demons, many of which will never die. I know it all to well. You have been warned.

It’s a hell of a book.

[Hayden Cook @mrcook2]

Ran my virtual 5K on this chilly morning in my @RealMenTeach2 hoodie to support the amazing work done by PA Branch of the International Dyslexia Association. #dyslexiadash4pa #dash4pa #pbida

[Hayden Cook @mrcook2]

@UBGSE Thank you!