| Cool to Be a Fool | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Joe Nichols |
| Album: | Man with a Memory |
| B-Side: | She Only Smokes When She Drinks |
| Released: | September 8, 2003 |
| Recorded: | 2002 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Label: | Universal South |
| Producer: | Brent Rowan |
| Prev Title: | She Only Smokes When She Drinks |
| Prev Year: | 2003 |
| Next Title: | If Nobody Believed in You |
| Next Year: | 2004 |
"Cool to Be a Fool" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Joe Nichols. It was released in September 2003 as the fourth and final single from his 2002 album Man with a Memory. The song reached number 18 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1] Nichols wrote this song with Steve Dean and Wil Nance.