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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.
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.
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.
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. Under Cooper?s watch, Ohio State teams finished the regular season ranked in the Top 25 in 12 of his 13 seasons with the Buckeyes.
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.
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.
