Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred in Sussex County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Dan Cook
Photographed by Pete Skillman, May 21, 2026
1. Dan Cook Marker
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Dan Cook began his coaching career at Cape in 1982. He coached the Cape boys' tennis team to three conference championships and four tournament wins. Coaching the girls' tennis program Cook led his team to a conference championship, conference tournament win and state championship trophy in 1991. Dan was honored as Henlopen Conference Coach of the Year for tennis six times, twice for the state of Delaware and once from both the USTA and the United States Professional Tennis Association. He also garnered Coach of the Year for girls' basketball from the Henlopen Conference in 1985. An award-winning photographer, Dan has captured a generation's worth of Cape athletes at their best on the playing field and in the gym. Teacher, coach, photographer-Dan Cook is a Viking through and through. His graduation from CHHS in 1972 and his retirement from the classroom in 2016 bracket decades of loyalty and commitment to his school and its students.
Dan Cook began his coaching career at Cape in 1982. He coached the Cape boys' tennis team to three conference championships and four tournament wins. Coaching the girls' tennis program Cook led his team to a conference championship, conference tournament win and state championship trophy in 1991. Dan was honored as Henlopen Conference Coach of the Year for tennis six times, twice for the state of Delaware and once from both the USTA and
the United States Professional Tennis Association. He also garnered Coach of the Year for girls' basketball from the Henlopen Conference in 1985. An award-winning photographer, Dan has captured a generation's worth of Cape athletes at their best on the playing field and in the gym. Teacher, coach, photographer-Dan Cook is a Viking through and through. His graduation from CHHS in 1972 and his retirement from the classroom in 2016 bracket
decades of loyalty and commitment to his school and its students.
75° 9.074′ W. Marker is in Lewes, Delaware, in Sussex County. It is in Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred. It can be reached from Kings Highway. Marker is located near the entrance to Legends Stadium on the campus of Cape Henlopen High School. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1250 Kings Hwy, Lewes DE 19958, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on Delawares Beaches. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic and on the Delmarva Peninsula. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, and the Antebellum South.
Dan Cooks legacy began in 1981 when the 1972 Cape High graduate moved back to the area, bringing with him several years of teaching and coaching experience.
Cook graduated in 1977 from University of Delaware where he played college tennis for three years. He went on to play semi-pro tournaments and even won a few for doubles. Cook had taught six years in Wilmington and coached tennis at Sanford prep school in Hockessin when Cape hired him as a special education teacher for the Sussex Consortium. Switching to the high school, he taught special education and health before teaching physical education the position he held until he retired in spring 2016.
(Submitted on May 22, 2026, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.)
Credits. This page was last revised on May 22, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 21, 2026, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware. This page has been viewed 12 times since then. Photos:1, 2. submitted on May 21, 2026, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.
