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John Harold Cooper (born July 2, 1937) is a former American football player and coach. Cooper was an assistant coach at Iowa State, Oregon State, UCLA, Kansas, and Kentucky.
The 53-year-old Cooper enters the 1990 season with a two-year record of 12-10-1 at Ohio State and a 13-year career mark of 94-50-3. He was National Coach-of-the-Year in 1986, when he guided Arizona State to a 10-1-1 record and a Rose Bowl victory over Michigan.
The first coach in history to lead both a Big Ten and a Pac-10 team to victories in the Rose Bowl, Coach John Cooper ranks second only to the legendary Woody Hayes in all-time wins at Ohio State.
He led the Buckeyes to three Big Ten championships – his three teams combined for nine total conference titles – and his 1996 Ohio State team defeated Arizona State in the 1997 Rose Bowl and finished 11-1 and No. 2 in the nation. His 1998 team also finished 11-1 and No. 2 with a win in the Sugar Bowl.
A Tennessee native and former MVP on the Iowa State football team, Cooper coached Heisman Trophy winner Eddie George and two-time Lombardi winner Orlando Pace as well as 20 First Team All-Americas, seven NFF National Scholar-Athletes and one NFF Draddy Trophy recipient during his career.
John Cooper was the first, and currently the only, head coach in the history of the Rose Bowl Game to lead both a Big Ten and a Pac-12 team to victories—first with Arizona State in 1987 and then with Ohio State in 1997.
Aug 18, 2016 · 100 Teams in 100 Days. OSU Football. 79 Comments. At the start of the 111th season of Ohio State football, John Cooper stood second on the school's all-time wins list. The coach entered his...
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