:Vernon Hopper

{{Short description|American football coach (1911–1988)}}

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{{Infobox college coach

| name = Vernon Hopper

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| birth_date = October 22, 1911

| birth_place = Farmington, New Mexico, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1988|12|29|1911|10|22}}

| death_place = Farmington, New Mexico, U.S.

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| player_years2 = ?

| player_team2 = Western State

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1939–1942

| coach_team2 = Adams State

| coach_sport3 = Basketball

| coach_years4 = ?–1941

| coach_team4 = Alamosa HS (CO)

| coach_years5 = 1939–1942

| coach_team5 = Adams State

| overall_record = 6–13 (football)

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Vernon T. Hopper{{Cite news |date=December 14, 1941 |title=Adams State Joins New Mexico League |pages=40 |work=The Salt Lake Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-salt-lake-tribune-adams-state-joins/135671690/ |access-date=November 23, 2023}} (October 22, 1911 – December 29, 1988) was an American college football and high school basketball coach. He was the third head football coach at Adams State College—now known as Adams State University—in Alamosa, Colorado from 1939 to 1942.[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ii/rmac/adams_state/coaching_records.php College Football Data Warehouse] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107190242/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ii/rmac/adams_state/coaching_records.php |date=January 7, 2009 }} Adams State Grizzlies all-time coaching records{{Cite news |date=October 3, 1942 |title=Rough Day Feared By Highlands Coach |pages=4 |work=Albuquerque Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal-rough-day-feared-by/135671726/ |access-date=November 23, 2023}} Alongside coaching football, he was the head basketball coach for Adams State from 1939 to 1942.{{Cite news |date=December 21, 1939 |title=New Gymnasium Is Opened as Greeley Wins |pages=5 |work=Miles City Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/miles-city-star-new-gymnasium-is-opened/135671882/ |access-date=November 23, 2023}} He was the head basketball coach for Alamosa High School until 1941.{{Cite news |last=Kelly |first=Loudon |date=July 5, 1939 |title=Summary Of Intermountain Events Past, Present, Future |pages=5 |work=Miles City Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/miles-city-star-summary-of-intermountain/135671764/ |access-date=November 23, 2023}} He was an athlete at Western State.{{Cite news |date=October 9, 1940 |title=Adams Coach |pages=6 |work=The Daily Sentinel |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-sentinel-adams-coach/135671830/ |access-date=November 23, 2023}}