Jeff Cook has made it his personal mission to rebuild Penn State men's soccer.
It was even the first thing he told several of the seniors — that he wanted to win something for them right away. The only problem is that Cook has never had to rebuild a college program before.
Penn State's first-year coach had 17 years of Division I head coaching experience, 149 career Division I wins and eight NCAA tournament berths prior to arriving in Happy Valley — where the program that Cook inherited hasn't posted a winning season since 2014.
The Nittany Lions won just five games a season ago, winning only two conference games and finishing seventh of nine teams in the final Big Ten standings.