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Born in Battle Creek, Michigan, Kool is a graduate of South Christian High School in Grand Rapids where he was a four-year letter winner in basketball, compiling a 71–7 record and winning the 2006 Mr. Basketball of Michigan award. He helped lead South Christian to Class B basketball state championships in 2003 and 2005 as a freshman and junior. Kool scored a Class B-record 43 points in the 2005 state championship game, 18 of which came in the fourth quarter. He also broke the Class B state finals record by making all 20 of his free throw attempts in that game.

After the completion of his career at WMU, Kool returned to coach the WMU men's basketball team as an undergraduate assistant. Starting in the 2011–12 season, Kool served as an assistant coach for the team under head coach Steve Hawkins. After the end of the 2012–13 WMU season, Kool accepted the boys's varsity head coaching position at Jenison High School in Jenison, Michigan..

On January 27, 2010, Kool scored 30 points to become WMU's all-time leading scorer, passing Manny Newsome (1,787 points). Kool finished his college career with 2,122 points.

Kool was invited to the 2010 Portsmouth Invitational, an event that invites 64 of the best senior college players to participate in a four-day tournament.

Kool scored a career-high 35 points against Buffalo January 29, 2008 in a 100–90 double overtime victory. Kool has been named MAC West Division Player of the Week on seven occasions, once his freshman year, three times his sophomore year and three times his junior year. Kool was named to the All-MAC First Team as a sophomore.

After the 2008–09 season Kool was named to the All-MAC Second Team and the Academic All-American Third Team.

Kool played college basketball for the Broncos of Western Michigan University, wearing number 23. Kool sat out the first few games of the Bronco's 2006–07 campaign due to a leg injury, but became the Bronco's starting guard, playing both point guard and shooting guard. Kool was the Mid-American Conference's leading freshman scorer, averaging 11.4 points per game, and was fifth nationally in free throw percentage (91.7%). At the conclusion of the regular season, Kool was named the MAC's Freshman of the Year.

Kool holds the MAC all-time single season free throw percentage, shooting 99 for 108 (91.7%) in the 2006–07 season. He is also the only MAC player ever to finish the season with a free throw percentage greater than 90%. Kool made 29 consecutive free throws his freshman year, which is the second-longest streak in WMU history.

David Anderson Kool (born September 23, 1987) is a former collegiate basketball player for the Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball team. Kool is WMU's all-time leading scorer and was named Mid-American Conference (MAC) Player of the Year in his senior season. Kool was the boys's basketball coach at Jenison High School in Jenison, Michigan and at Holland Christian High School, in Holland, Michigan. Kool previously served as assistant coach for the WMU men's basketball team from 2011–13. Kool was named athletic director at South Christian High School on April 15, 2020.