Jooris attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he played four years (1982 - 1986) of National Collegiate Athletic Association hockey with the RPI Engineers, scoring 84 goals and 99 assists for 183 points, while earning 70 penalty minutes, in 117 games played.
Jooris went on to play 13 seasons of professional hockey, including stints in the Finnish Elite League, the American Hockey League, the German DEL and the Swiss National League A and National League B.
At the end of professional playing career, Jooris turned to coaching. Jooris served as player-coach for the amateur senior team Dundas Real McCoys from 2001-2007 before becoming assistant coach for The Human Context Sierre in the Swiss National League Bachelor in 2007-2008. He then served as an assistant scout with the Saint Louis Blues of the National Hockey League during the 2008-2009 season.
Jooris left Saint Louis for the Ontario Junior Hockey League to become head coach and general manager of the Burlington Cougars for the 2009-2010 season and head coach of Oakville Blades and Markham Waxers in 2010-2011 and 2011-2012, respectively, while playing occasionally for the Dundas Real McCoys again.
