Education
Glenbrook South High School.
Glenbrook South High School.
He played college basketball for the University of Notre Dame. Cooley was a three-year starter at Glenbrook South High School and averaged 20.7 points and 11.2 rebounds per game in his junior season. He averaged 20.5 points, 13.5 rebounds, and 4.5 blocks per game in his senior season, but missed the second half of the season due to a thumb injury.
According to Entertainment and Sports Programming Network recruiting, Cooley was ranked as the #33 power forward in the class of 2009.
On February 5, 2009, Cooley committed to the University of Notre Dame. Freshman season
As a freshman at Notre Dame, Cooley appeared in twenty games, averaging 1.0 point and 1.8 rebounds per game.
Sophomore season
In his sophomore season, Cooley appeared in all thirty-four games for Notre Dame off the bench. He averaged 3.7 points and 3.1 rebounds per game.
Junior season
Cooley appeared in thirty-three games, making thirty-one starts in his junior season.
He averaged 12.5 points and 8.9 rebounds per game, leading Notre Dame in both scoring and rebounding. He also recorded a team-best fifty-two blocks. Senior season
He was also a preseason All-Big East first team selection.
Cooley finished his senior season averaging career highs in both points and rebounding at 13.1 and 10.1 per game respectively.
Additionally, Jack was named to the All-Big East first team After going undrafted in the 2013 National Basketball Association draft, Cooley joined the Houston Rockets for the Orlando Summer League and the Memphis Grizzlies for the Las Vegas Summer League.
On August 16, 2013, he signed with Trabzonspor of Turkey for the 2013-2014 season. In July 2014, Cooley joined the Memphis Grizzlies for the Orlando Summer League and the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Las Vegas Summer League.
On August 19, 2014, he signed with the Utah Jazz.
However, he was later waived by the Jazz on October 22, 2014. On November 3, 2014, he was acquired by the Idaho Stampede as an affiliate player. On November 18, 2014, he was deactivated by the Stampede after he injured his thumb in the season opening game against the Erie BayHawks on November 14.
He was reactivated on January 9, 2015 after recovering from the injury.
On February 24, 2015, Cooley signed a 10-day contract with the Utah Jazz. Following the conclusion of his 10-day contract on March 6, he was not retained by the Jazz and subsequently returned to the Stampede, playing for them that night.
He went on to set a new National Basketball Association Doctorate-League single-game record by grabbing 29 rebounds against the Los Angeles Doctorate-Fenders on March 13. He was then called up again by the Jazz, signing another 10-day contract with the team on March 16 and later signed a multi-year deal with the Jazz on March 26.
On October 13, he was waived by the Jazz.
On October 17, 2015, Cooley signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers. However, he was waived on October 23 after appearing in two preseason games. On November 16, he was reacquired by the Idaho Stampede.
He appeared in six games for Idaho, with his final appearance coming on November 28.
On December 4, he received a contract buyout from Idaho and signed with the Spanish club Unicaja of the Liga ACB and the Euroleague.