Cole completed his first season as Head Coach for the Bucs in 2023.  Despite a complete roster overhaul, FSW had a successful season under Cole's leadership, finishing 31-22 overall and going 11-10 in Southern Conference action to qualify for the FCSAA State Tournament.  FSW had more Major League Baseball Darft Picks than any other NJCAA school in the Nation with three as well as boasting the 2023 Southern Conference Player of the Year (AJ Shaver) and 2023 Southern Conference Fireman of the Year (Lucas Hartman). Shaver went on to be named a 2nd Team NJCAA All-American, the first FSW hitter in program history to earn the honors.  

Cole took over as the Head Coach for the Bucs in the summer of 2022 after spending three seasons as the Pitching Coach at the College of Central Florida where he helped the Patriots to their first Region VIII Championship and trip to the Juco World Series in nearly 25 years in 2022.  Cole's pitching staff produced the FCSAA Pitcher of the Year in Ben Chestnutt as well as a pair of Major League Baseball signees in Mason Ronan and Connor Godwin.  In his three seasons at Central Florida, the Patriots were 104-37. 

Cole also served for six years as a Head Coach and Manager in the Valley League, a prestigious Summer Collegiate Baseball League, leading his team to a Championship in 2018 and being named the Manager of the Year in the league the next season in 2019. 

Prior to getting into the junior college coaching ranks, Cole spent three seasons as a scout with the Baltimore Orioles organization. 

He began his coaching career at the Division I level where he was the Pitching Coach at the University of Tennessee-Martin, helping the Skyhawks break the single season strikeouts record in back to back seasons in 2012 and 2013. 

All told, Cole has coached 41 Major League Baseball Draft Picks including Texas Rangers 1^st Rounder Cole Ragans and four eventual Big Leaguers in Cole Sands, Brendan Donovan, Tyler Holton, and Alec Mills. 

As a player Cole began his career at the junior college level at Palm Beach State College before transferring to the Division I level to pitch for Tennessee Tech University.  He then played four years of professional baseball, including a season in the Baltimore Orioles organization.