John Cooper (basketball)

American college basketball coach

John CooperCurrent position

Title| Assistant Coach
Team| UNLV
Conference| Mountain West
Biographical details
Born|  (1969-02-16) February 16, 1969 (age 56)
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Playing career
1987–1991| Wichita State
1991–1992| Fort Wayne Fury
1992–1993| Commodore Mustangs
Position(s)| Forward
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1993–1995| Fayetteville State (asst.)
1995–2001| South Carolina (asst.)
2002–2004| Oregon (asst.)
2004–2009| Auburn (asst.)
2009–2012| Tennessee State
2012–2017| Miami (Ohio)
2017–2020| Oklahoma State (Special Asst. to the HC)
2020–2022| SMU (asst.)
2022–present| UNLV (asst.)
Head coaching record
Overall| 102–152 (.402)

John Anthony Cooper (born February 16, 1969) is an American college basketball coach who is an assistant coach at Oklahoma State.[1] He was the head men's basketball coach at Miami University, accepting the position on April 6, 2012 after Charlie Coles announced his retirement.[2] He was let go by the university at the end of the 2016–17 season.[3] Prior to accepting the Job at Miami, Cooper was the head coach at Tennessee State University from 2009–2012.[4]

## Head coaching record

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Statistics overview  Season  | Team  | Overall  | Conference  | Standing  | Postseason

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Tennessee State Tigers (Ohio Valley Conference) (2009–2012)
2009–10 | Tennessee State  | 9–23 | 6–12 | 8th |
2010–11 | Tennessee State  | 14–16 | 10–8 | 5th |
2011–12 | Tennessee State | 20–13 | 11–5 | 2nd | CIT First Round
Tennessee State: | 43–52 (.453) | 27–25 (.519) |
Miami RedHawks (Mid-American Conference) (2012–2017)
2012–13 | Miami | 9–22 | 3–13 | 6th  (East)  |
2013–14 | Miami | 13–18 | 8–10 | 4th  (East)  |
2014–15 | Miami | 13–19 | 8–10 | 5th  (East)  |
2015–16 | Miami | 13–20 | 6–12 | 5th  (East)  |
2016–17 | Miami | 11–21 | 4–14 | 6th  (East)  |
Miami: | 59–100 (.371) | 29–59 (.330) |
Total: | 102–152 (.402) |

National champion Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion

## References

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1. ^ "Veteran John Cooper Joins Cowboy Basketball Coaching Staff" (Press release). Oklahoma State Athletics. April 6, 2017. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
2. ^ "John Cooper Named Miami University's Head Basketball". muredhaws.com. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
3. ^ Goodman, Jeff (March 10, 2017). "John Cooper fired as Miami (Ohio) head coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
4. ^ "John Cooper Named TSU Men's Basketball Coach". Tennessee State Tigers Athletics. 29 March 2009. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2010.

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Tennessee State Tigers head basketball coaches

* Henry Kean (1944–1949)
* Shelton Matthews (1949–1950)
* Henry Kean (1950–1951)
* Clarence Cash (1951–1954)
* John McLendon (1954–1959)
* Harold Hunter (1959–1968)
* Edward Martin (1968–1984)
* Ed Meyers # (1984–1985)
* Larry Reid (1985–1989)
* Ron Abernathy (1989–1991)
* Frankie Allen (1991–2000)
* Nolan Richardson III (2000–2003)
* Hosea Lewis # (2002–2003)
* Teresa Phillips # (2003)
* Hosea Lewis # (2003)
* Cy Alexander (2003–2009)
* Mark Pittman # (2009)
* John Cooper (2009–2012)
* Travis Williams (2012–2014)
* Dana Ford (2014–2018)
* Brian Collins (2018– )

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Miami RedHawks men's basketball head coaches

* Carroll Hoel (1905–1906)
* John Snyder (1906–1907)
* C. H. Martin (1907–1908)
* F. W. Stone (1908–1912)
* M. Hoskins (1912–1913)
* A. D. Browne (1913–1914)
* Howard Flack (1914–1915)
* Chester J. Roberts (1915–1916)
* George Little (1916–1917)
* George Rider (1917–1919)
* George Little (1919–1922)
* Harry W. Ewing (1922–1924)
* Roy Tillotson (1924–1930)
* John Mauer (1930–1938)
* Weeb Ewbank (1938–1939)
* Rip Van Winkle (1939–1942)
* Blue Foster (1942–1949)
* John Brickels (1949–1951)
* Bill Rohr (1951–1957)
* Dick Shrider (1957–1966)
* Tates Locke (1966–1970)
* Darrell Hedric (1970–1984)
* Jerry Peirson (1984–1990)
* Joby Wright (1990–1993)
* Herb Sendek (1993–1996)
* Charlie Coles (1996–2012)
* Jermaine Henderson # (2008)
* John Cooper (2012–2017)
* Jack Owens (2017–2022)
* Travis Steele (2022– )

# denotes interim head coach

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