Ryan Cook
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- Title:
- General Manager
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- Phone:
- 687-2094
Ryan Cook is in his first year as the General Manager for Learfield's Viking Sports Properties.
A former assistant athletic director, corporate partnerships for Seattle University, Cook will team closely with the CSU athletic administration as Vikings Sports Properties oversees the University's comprehensive athletics rights including signage, television, radio, digital and the corporate partner program.
For the last two years, Cook developed significant corporate relationships with high-profile national and regional brand sponsors on behalf of the Seattle Redhawks. Prior to that, he was vice president, general manager for the Class A affiliate of the MLB's Seattle Mariners, High Desert Mavericks.
Cook's previous experience also includes serving as premium sales manager for the NBA's Sacramento Kings, Maloof Sports & Entertainment; sales manager for AM830 KLAA, flagship radio station for MLB's Los Angeles Angels; and he was a new business executive with the NBA's New Orleans Hornets.
Early in his career, as an account executive for the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers, Cook was a record-breaking sales representative within the organization and among NBA sales executives league wide.
He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Southern California, where he was a highly acclaimed water polo player for the Trojans.
