Cole started his cymbal career at Center Grove high school in 2016 where he marched till he graduated in 2018. He then continued after high school to march Cap City World in 2019 and marched every year until his age out in 2022. Cole also dipped into the drum corps world and marched River City Rhythm in 2021 for his drum corps age out.

He started his teaching career at Edgewood high school as a cymbal technician in the 2019 season, then went to Center Grove high school as a cymbal technician for the 2020 season. He has taught there every year and this will be his 6th season as one of their cymbal techs. He also began teaching at Cap City in 2023 and taught there for the 2024 and 2025 seasons. In 2026 he worked with Owen Valley Indoor Percussion and Veritas for the first time as a staff member!

Cole is currently working on his degree in Music Liberal Arts with a minor in Museum Studies at Indiana State University. He is very excited to be joining INOV8 staff for the 2027 season!