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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.
Jun 18, 2013 · At the same time, in between those painful defeats, hot tub commercials, and wonderfully simple sayings about football, Cooper took the Buckeyes from what had become a...
Jon Cooper (born October 1, 1986) is an American football coach and former player who is currently the tight ends coach at Mississippi State University. [1] He played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Minnesota Vikings as a center.
Jul 6, 2024 · For seven long years, John Cooper was tormented by the Michigan Wolverines. With zero wins in six tries, including a 13-13 tie at Ohio Stadium in 1992 which then-Ohio State President Gordon Gee...
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.
May 20, 2021 · After his 1995 Buckeyes won their first 11 games before limping to the finish with losses to Michigan and Tennessee, pressure mounted on head coach John Cooper to turn the tide against the...
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.
Jun 14, 2021 · John Cooper is one of the best coaches in Ohio State football history and an expanded playoff would have likely changed his legacy.
