Ron Cooper (American football)

Ron Cooper
Current position
Sport(s)	Football
Title	Defensive backs coach
Team	South Florida
Biographical details
Born	(1962-02-11) February 11, 1962 Huntsville, Alabama
Playing career
1979–1982	Jacksonville State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1983	Appalachian State (GA)
1984	Minnesota (GA)
1985–1986	Austin Peay (assistant)
1987–1988	Murray State (DC)
1989	East Carolina (assistant)
1990	UNLV (DC)
1991–1992	Notre Dame (assistant)
1993–1994	Eastern Michigan
1995–1997	Louisville
1998–2001	Alabama A&M
2002	Wisconsin (DB)
2003	Mississippi State (DC)
2004–2008	South Carolina (assistant)
2009–2011	LSU (DB)
2012	Tampa Bay Buccaneers (DB)
2013–present	South Florida (DB)
Head coaching record
Overall	45–55
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
1 SWAC Eastern Division (2000)

Ron Cooper (born February 11, 1962) is an American football coach and former player. He presently is the defensive backs coach for the University of South Florida. Cooper served as the head football coach at Eastern Michigan University (1993–1994), the University of Louisville (1995–1997), and Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University (1998–2001). He was the defensive backs coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2012. A native of Huntsville, Alabama, he played high school football at Lee High School and college football at Jacksonville State.^[1]

Coaching career

Eastern Michigan

Cooper was the head football coach at Eastern Michigan in Ypsilanti, Michigan from 1993 to 1994. At Eastern Michigan, his teams produced 9 wins and 13 losses.^[2]

Louisville

From 1995 to 1997 Cooper was the head football coach at Louisville, replacing Howard Schnellenberger. In his final season, the Cardinals posted a 1-10 record. The one win being against Illinois who finished the season with no wins (0-11). His overall record there was 13-20.^[3] Cooper was fired after three seasons due a steady decline in the team's performance.

Alabama A&M

Cooper's last head coaching position was at Alabama A&M from 1998 to 2001. His squad won a division championship in SWAC during the 2000 season^[4] but lost the SWAC Championship Game to Grambling on December 12, 2000.^[5]

Other coaching duties

In 2002, Cooper was the secondaries coach at the University of Wisconsin–Madison,^[6] and in 2003 the defensive coordinator and safeties coach at Mississippi State. Other coaching stops have included the University of South Carolina and the University of Notre Dame. Cooper is an alumnus of Jacksonville State University.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Cooper was hired by the Buccaneers on February 22, 2012 to be the teams defensive backs coach.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Eastern Michigan Eagles (Mid-American Conference) (1993–1994)
1993	Eastern Michigan	4–7	3–5	T–7th
1994	Eastern Michigan	5–6	5–4	7th
Eastern Michigan:		9–13	8–9
Louisville Cardinals (NCAA Division I-A Independent) (1995–1997)
1995	Louisville	7–4
1996	Louisville	5–6
1997	Louisville	1–10
Louisville:		13–20
Alabama A&M Bulldogs (NCAA Division I-AA Independent) (1998)
1998	Alabama A&M	5–6
Alabama A&M Bulldogs (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (1999–2001)
1999	Alabama A&M	6–5	3–1	2nd (East)
2000	Alabama A&M	7–5	5–2	T–1st (East)
2001	Alabama A&M	5–6	4–3	4th (East)
Alabama A&M:		23–22	12–6
Total:		45–55
National championship Conference title Conference division title

References

↑ McCarter, Mark (January 8, 2012). "Ron Cooper's path to LSU and BCS title game began on fringe of Alabama A&M campus". The Huntsville Times (Huntsville, AL: Advance Publications). Retrieved December 5, 2013. Cooper played high school football at Lee, then played for Jacksonville State.
↑ College Football Data Warehouse Eastern Michigan all time coaching records
↑ College Football Data Warehouse Louisville all time coaching records
↑ College Football Data Warehouse Alabama A&M all time coaching records
↑ College Football Data Warehouse Alabama A&M 2000 season results
↑ http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/cooper_ron00.html

External links

Eastern Michigan Eagles head football coaches

James M. Swift (1891)
Deane W. Kelley (1892)
Ernest P. Goodrich (1893)
Verne S. Bennett (1894)
Marcus Cutler (1895)
Fred W. Green (1896)
Andrew Bird Glaspie (1897)
Enoch Thorne (1898)
Dwight Watson (1899)
Clayton Teetzel (1900–1902)
Hunter Forest (1903)
Daniel H. Lawrence (1904–1905)
Henry Schulte (1906–1908)
Clare Hunter (1909)
Curry Hicks (1910)
Dwight Wilson (1911)
Leroy Brown (1912–1913)
Thomas Ransom (1914)
Elmer Mitchell (1915–1916)
Elton Rynearson (1917)
Lynn Bell (1918)
Elton Rynearson (1919–1920)
Joseph McCulloch (1921–1922)
James M. Brown (1923–1924)
Elton Rynearson (1925–1943)
No team (1944)
Elton Rynearson (1945–1948)
Harry Ockerman (1949–1951)
Fred Trosko (1952–1964)
Jerry Raymond (1965–1966)
Dan Boisture (1967–1973)
George Mans (1974–1975)
Ed Chlebek (1976–1977)
Mike Stock (1978–1982)
Bob LaPointe # (1982)
Jim Harkema (1983–1992)
Jan Quarless # (1992)
Ron Cooper (1993–1994)
Rick Rasnick (1995–1999)
Tony Lombardi # (1999)
Jeff Woodruff (2000–2003)
Al Lavan # (2003)
Jeff Genyk (2004–2008)
Ron English (2009–2013)
Stan Parrish # (2013)
Chris Creighton (2014– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Louisville Cardinals head football coaches

Lester Larson (1912–1913)
Bruce Baker (1914)
Will Duffy (1915–1916)
No team (1917–1920)
Bill Duncan (1921–1922)
Fred Enke (1923–1924)
Tom King (1925–1930)
Jack McGrath (1931)
C. V. Money (1932)
Ben Cregor (1933–1935)
Laurie Apitz (1936–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Frank Camp (1946–1968)
Lee Corso (1969–1972)
T. W. Alley (1973–1974)
Vince Gibson (1975–1979)
Bob Weber (1980–1984)
Howard Schnellenberger (1985–1994)
Ron Cooper (1995–1997)
John L. Smith (1998–2002)
Bobby Petrino (2003–2006)
Steve Kragthorpe (2007–2009)
Charlie Strong (2010–2013)
Bobby Petrino (2014– )

Alabama A&M Bulldogs head football coaches

Matthew W. Bullock (1924–1926)
Shag Harris (1927)
Cliff Green (1928–1932)
Sticky Jacobs (1933)
Porter James (1934–1936)
Dwight Fisher (1937–1940)
Dyke Smith (1941)
George H. Hobson (1942)
No team (1943–1944)
George H. Hobson (1945–1959)
Louis Crews (1960–1975)
Curt Gentry (1976)
Theophilus Danzy (1977–1978)
Ray Greene (1979–1983)
Ed Wyche (1984–1985)
Ray Greene (1986–1988)
George Pugh (1989–1991)
Ray Bonner (1991–1993)
Reggie Oliver (1994)
Kenneth Pettiford (1995–1997)
Ron Cooper (1998–2001)
Anthony Jones (2002–2013)
James Spady (2014– )

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