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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.
Cooper, a former National Coach of the Year and current president of the American College Football Coaches Association, is one of college football’s most respected mentors. 1990 Media Guide: John Cooper has been a winner at every whistle stop he has made along the college coaching circuit.
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, a previous inductee into the College Football Hall of Fame and the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame, now enters Ohio State’s Athletics Hall of Fame after a coaching career that included guiding Ohio State to 111 victories and five Top 10 national finishes between 1988-2000.Explosive offenses and excellent defenses were the hallmarks of ...
Cooper formerly served as the president of the American Football Coaches Association and as a professional scout in the NFL. He currently acts as a college football analyst for ESPN and resides in Columbus, Ohio.
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 18, 2013 · With the recent announcement that John Cooper is set to be inducted into Ohio State's Athletics Hall of Fame, we take a shot at defining the legacy of one of the more complex figures in OSU ...
