Cooper Manning
{{Short description|American entrepreneur and TV personality (born 1974)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Cooper Manning
| image = Cooper Manning.png
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| caption = Manning in 2018
| birth_name = Cooper Archibald Manning
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|3|6|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
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| alma_mater = University of Mississippi
| occupation =
| employer = AJ Capital Partners
| spouse = {{marriage|Ellen Heidingsfelder|1999}}
| children = 3, including Arch
| parents = Archie Manning
| relatives = {{hlist | Peyton Manning (brother) | Eli Manning (brother)}}
| known_for =
}}
Cooper Archibald Manning (born March 6, 1974){{Cite web |date=February 16, 2017 |title=Archie Manning through the Years |url=https://www.commercialappeal.com/picture-gallery/sports/nfl/2017/02/15/archie-manning-through-the-years/97942384/ |website=The Commercial Appeal |accessdate=January 24, 2022}} is an American entrepreneur and television personality who is the host of the television show The Manning Hour for Fox Sports as well as principal and senior managing director of investor relations for AJ Capital Partners. He is the eldest son of former professional football quarterback Archie Manning, the older brother of former professional football quarterbacks Peyton Manning and Eli Manning, and the father of Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning.{{Cite news |last=Boren |first=Cindy |date=October 11, 2015 |title=Cooper Manning is almost as funny as Peyton and Eli |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2015/10/11/cooper-manning-is-almost-as-funny-as-peyton-and-eli/}}{{Cite news |date=March 31, 2016 |title=Cooper Manning joins AJ Capital Partners as senior managing director |work=Hotel Online |url=https://www.hotel-online.com/press_releases/release/cooper-manning-joins-aj-capital-partners-as-senior-managing-director}}{{cite news | last=Smith | first=Nasha | title=All About Arch Manning's Dad Cooper Manning — and How He Led the Quarterback to the Texas Longhorns | date=December 7, 2024 | url=https://people.com/all-about-arch-manning-dad-cooper-manning-8747366 | work=people.com }}
Early life
Born on March 6, 1974, in New Orleans, Louisiana, Manning is the first child of Archie and Olivia Manning. He played football at Isidore Newman School as a wide receiver, having a breakout season as a senior with his brother Peyton at quarterback.{{Cite news |last=Lopretsi |first=Mike |date=January 30, 2008 |title=The Other Manning Brother Lives A Life Without Regret |work=USA Today |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/lopresti/2008-01-30-lopresti-cooper-manning_N.htm |access-date=October 22, 2013}}
Manning was a highly ranked prospect out of high school and ended up committing to the University of Mississippi, Archie's and later his brother Eli's alma mater. When practices started in the summer before school, Manning felt some numbness in his fingers and toes, so he went to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, to be diagnosed.{{Cite news |last=Conway |first=Tyler |title=Cooper Manning's Injury, Aftermath Play Central Role in ESPN's 'Book of Manning' |work=Bleacher Report |url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1786674-cooper-mannings-injury-aftermath-play-central-role-in-espns-book-of-manning |access-date=October 22, 2013}} There he was told that he had spinal stenosis, a narrowing of the spine and pinching of the nerves.{{Cite web |title=Spinal Stenosis |url=http://www.rheumatology.org/Practice/Clinical/Patients/Diseases_And_Conditions/Spinal_Stenosis/ |access-date=October 22, 2013 |website=American College of Rheumatology}} Manning accepted the diagnosis and immediately ended his playing career.
In honor of Cooper, Peyton donned his brother's jersey number, 18, when he began his professional career in the National Football League in 1998.{{Cite magazine |title=THE OTHER BROTHER LIKE HIS FAMOUS FATHER, ARCHIE, AND YOUNGER SIBLINGS, PEYTON AND ELI, COOPER MANNING HAD NFL-CALIBER TALENT. THEN HIS BODY BETRAYED HIM |url=https://www.si.com/vault/2003/11/10/353298/the-other-brother-like-his-famous-father-archie-and-younger-siblings-peyton-and-eli-cooper-manning-had-nfl-caliber-talent-then-his-body-betrayed-him |access-date=September 17, 2019 |magazine=Sports Illustrated}}
Post-football career
Manning was a partner of Scotia Howard Weil, an energy investment boutique with offices in Houston and New Orleans.{{Cite news |date=January 29, 2010 |title=Cooper Manning Finds Niche in Stocks, Leaving NFL to Brothers |work=Bloomberg Businessweek |url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-01-29/cooper-manning-finds-niche-in-stocks-leaving-nfl-to-brothers.html |url-status=dead |access-date=February 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202121310/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-01-29/cooper-manning-finds-niche-in-stocks-leaving-nfl-to-brothers.html |archive-date=February 2, 2010}}{{Cite web |title=Howard Weil {{!}} Institutional Sales & Trading |url=http://www.howardweil.com/institutional-sales.shtml |access-date=February 20, 2016 |website=www.howardweil.com |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303140356/http://www.howardweil.com/institutional-sales.shtml |url-status=dead }} The firm holds an annual energy conference that attracts representatives for top-level investors, public energy companies, private energy companies, private equity firms, and other commercial lenders from around the world.{{Cite web |title=Annual Energy Conference |url=http://www.howardweil.com/energy-conference.aspx |access-date=February 20, 2016 |website=Scotia Howard Weil |archive-date=February 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225092358/http://www.howardweil.com/energy-conference.aspx |url-status=dead }}
During the weeks leading up to the Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans, he hosted his own segment on The Dan Patrick Show, titled "Manning on the Street."{{Cite news |last=Gaines |first=Cork |date=February 1, 2013 |title=Cooper Manning Proves To Be The Funniest Of The Manning Brothers |work=Business Insider |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/video-cooper-manning-proves-to-be-the-funniest-of-the-manning-brothers-2013-2}} On September 13, 2015, Manning joined the broadcast team of Fox NFL Kickoff. In 2016, AJ Capital Partners added Manning to its executive team as principal and senior managing director of investor relations. AJ Capital Partners is a private real estate company based in Chicago, Illinois, focused on building a portfolio of hotels and resorts, most notably, the company's in-house brand, Graduate Hotels, a collection of boutique design-driven hotels in university-anchored markets across the US. Other projects have included restorations of existing hotels and development of new properties, several located in Chicago, such as Chicago Athletic Association,{{Cite news |last=Rudnansky |first=Ryan |date=May 29, 2015 |title=Chicago Athletic Association reopens as luxury boutique hotel |work=TravelPulse |url=https://www.travelpulse.com/news/hotels-and-resorts/chicago-athletic-association-reopens-as-luxury-boutique-hotel.html}} Soho House Chicago,{{Cite news |last=Ori |first=Ryan |date=July 26, 2013 |title=Soho House Hotel developers plan office conversion nearby |work=Crain's Chicago Business |url=http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20130726/CRED03/130729843/soho-house-hotel-developers-plan-office-conversion-nearby}} Thompson Chicago,{{Cite news |last=Gallun |first=Alby |date=July 28, 2015 |title=In hot hotel market will Thompson Chicago sell for record price? |work=Crain's Chicago Business |url=http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20150728/CRED03/150729819/in-hot-hotel-market-will-thompson-chicago-sell-for-record-price}} and Hotel Lincoln.{{Cite news |date=August 21, 2013 |title=Shorenstein invests in Chicago mixed use redevelopment venture |work=REJournals.com |url=http://www.rejournals.com/2013/08/21/shorenstein-invests-in-chicago-mixed-use-redevelopment-venture/ |url-status=dead |access-date=November 30, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140816035059/http://www.rejournals.com/2013/08/21/shorenstein-invests-in-chicago-mixed-use-redevelopment-venture/ |archive-date=August 16, 2014}}
Since 2021, Manning co-hosts College Bowl alongside his brother Peyton.{{Cite news |last=Goldberg |first=Lesley |date=November 24, 2020 |title=Peyton Manning to Host 'College Bowl' Reboot on NBC (Exclusive) |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/peyton-manning-to-host-college-bowl-reboot-on-nbc-exclusive |access-date=November 25, 2020}}
Personal life
Manning has three children with his wife, Ellen: two sons and a daughter. He is Catholic, having converted to the faith to marry his wife.
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