Rob Cooper Explained

See also: Rob Cooper (blues musician).

Rob Cooper
Player Years1:1990–1991
Player Team1:Sacramento City College
Player Years2:1992–1993
Player Team2:Miami (FL)
Coach Years1:1994–1995
Coach Team1:Miami (FL) (Asst.)
Coach Years2:1996
Coach Team2:Wake Forest (Asst.)
Coach Years3:1997–1998
Coach Team3:Tulane (Asst.)
Coach Years4:1999–2003
Coach Team4:Sacramento City College (Asst.)
Coach Years5:2004
Coach Team5:Oral Roberts (Asst.)
Coach Years6:2005–2013
Coach Team6:Wright State
Coach Years7:2014–2023
Coach Team7:Penn State
Overall Record:463–479
Awards:

Rob Cooper is an American college baseball coach, most recently serving as the head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions baseball program. Cooper was appointed to the position of head coach prior to the start of the 2014 season.[1] [2] He resigned after the 2023 season.

Early life

Cooper played baseball at Sacramento City College for two years before transferring to the University of Miami for his final two years. He served as a student assistant coach at Miami in 1994 while finishing his degree. From 1990 to 1992, Cooper worked as a scout for the Los Angeles Dodgers.[3]

Coaching career

Cooper earned a graduate assistant coach position at Miami for the 1995 season before moving to Wake Forest for the 1996 season. He then coached for two seasons at Tulane, where he helped lead the Green Wave to a conference regular season crown in 1997 and an NCAA berth in 1998. He then returned to Sacramento City College, serving as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for five seasons.[4] Cooper then served one season as an assistant at Oral Roberts before being named head coach at Wright State. In nine seasons, Cooper led the Raiders to seven 30-win seasons, two Horizon League and three Horizon League baseball tournament championships, and three NCAA Division I Baseball Championship appearances. Prior to his arrival, the Raiders had finished six of the previous seven seasons with losing records. In August 2013, Cooper was named head coach at Penn State, a similar rebuilding job to what he faced at Wright State.

Head coaching record

This table shows Cooper's record as a head coach at the Division I level.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rob Cooper Biography. Wright State Raiders. dead. September 6, 2013. July 14, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714142255/http://www.wsuraiders.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=27000&ATCLID=205213140 .
  2. News: Penn State baseball: Rob Cooper hired to lead Nittany Lions, excited about future. Centre Daily Times. August 9, 2013. Travis Johnson. September 6, 2013.
  3. Web site: Wright State's Rob Cooper Named 2013 18U National Team Manager. Horizon League. September 6, 2013. January 6, 2013.
  4. Web site: Penn State names Rob Cooper as head coach. College Baseball Daily. September 6, 2013. August 9, 2013. Brian Foley.