Rob Cooper
{{See also|Rob Cooper (blues musician)}}
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| 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
| coach_years8 = 2023-present
| coach_team8 = Miami (Director of program development)
| overall_record = 463–479
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| awards = * 2× Horizon League Coach of the Year (2010, 2011)
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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.wsuraiders.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=27000&ATCLID=205213140|publisher=Wright State Raiders|title=Rob Cooper Biography|url-status=dead|access-date=September 6, 2013|archive-date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714142255/http://www.wsuraiders.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=27000&ATCLID=205213140 }}{{cite news|url=http://www.centredaily.com/2013/08/09/3728997/penn-state-baseball-rob-cooper.html|newspaper=Centre Daily Times|date=August 9, 2013|author=Travis Johnson|access-date=September 6, 2013|title=Penn State baseball: Rob Cooper hired to lead Nittany Lions, excited about future}} He resigned after the 2023 season.{{Cite web |last=Lister |first=Joe |date=2023-05-19 |title=Rob Cooper To Step Down As Head Coach Of Penn State Baseball |url=https://onwardstate.com/2023/05/19/rob-cooper-to-step-down-as-head-coach-of-penn-state-baseball/ |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=Onward State |language=en-US}} In August 2023, he joined the University of Miami baseball staff.{{Cite web |last=Lister |first=Joe |date=2023-08-01 |title=Former Penn State Baseball Head Coach Rob Cooper Hired As Miami Director Of Player Development |url=https://onwardstate.com/2023/08/01/former-penn-state-baseball-head-coach-rob-cooper-hired-as-miami-director-of-player-development/ |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=Onward State |language=en-US}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.horizonleague.org/blog/wright-states-rob-cooper-named-2013-18u-national-team-manager.html|title=Wright State's Rob Cooper Named 2013 18U National Team Manager|publisher=Horizon League|access-date=September 6, 2013|date=January 6, 2013}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.collegebaseballdaily.com/2013/08/09/penn-state-names-rob-cooper-as-head-coach/|publisher=College Baseball Daily|title=Penn State names Rob Cooper as head coach|access-date=September 6, 2013|date=August 9, 2013|author=Brian Foley}}
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. In May 2023, Cooper resigned as Head coach at Penn State after ten seasons.{{Cite web |last=Wogenrich |first=Mark |date=2023-05-21 |title=Penn State Baseball Coach Rob Cooper Resigns |url=https://www.si.com/college/pennstate/olympic-sports/penn-state-baseball-coach-rob-cooper-resigns-after-10-seasons-with-the-lions |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=Sports Illustrated Penn State Nittany Lions News, Analysis and More |language=en}} In August 2023, he was named as director of program development for the University of Miami baseball team.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-01 |title=CanesCounty: Miami Hurricanes Football & Basketball Recruiting - Miami Baseball Adds Rob Cooper To Staff |url=https://miami.rivals.com/news/miami-baseball-adds-rob-cooper-to-staff |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=miami.rivals.com |language=en}}
Head coaching record
This table shows Cooper's record as a head coach at the Division I level.
{{CBB yearly record start|type=coach}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|name=Wright State Raiders|conference=Horizon League|startyear=2005|endyear=2013}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2005
| name = Wright State
| overall = 26–33
| conference = 11–9
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 2006
| name = Wright State
| overall = 32–27
| conference = 17–13
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = NCAA Regional
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2007
| name = Wright State
| overall = 36–22
| conference = 21–9
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2008
| name = Wright State
| overall = 30–23
| conference = 16–6
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 2009
| name = Wright State
| overall = 33–30
| conference = 14–12
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = NCAA Regional
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2010
| name = Wright State
| overall = 31–25
| conference = 17–6
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2011
| name = Wright State
| overall = 36–19
| conference = 16–7
| confstanding = T-1st
| postseason = NCAA Regional
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2012
| name = Wright State
| overall = 37–21
| conference = 20–10
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2013
| name = Wright State
| overall = 25–30
| conference = 9–12
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal|name=Wright State|overall=286–230|confrecord=141–84}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|name=Penn State Nittany Lions|conference=Big Ten|startyear=2014|endyear=2023}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2014
| name = Penn State
| overall = 18–32
| conference = 5–18
| confstanding = 11th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2015
| name = Penn State
| overall = 18–30
| conference = 6–16
| confstanding = 12th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2016
| name = Penn State
| overall = 28–27
| conference = 12–12
| confstanding = T–9th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2017
| name = Penn State
| overall = 18–37
| conference = 4–20
| confstanding = 11th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2018
| name = Penn State
| overall = 13–34
| conference = 3–21
| confstanding = 13th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2019
| name = Penn State
| overall = 21–27
| conference = 4–18
| confstanding = 13th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2020
| name = Penn State
| overall = 10–5
| conference = 0–0
| confstanding =
| postseason = Season canceled due to COVID-19
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2021
| name = Penn State
| overall = 18–24
| conference = 18–24
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2022
| name = Penn State
| overall = 26–29
| conference = 11–13
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason = Big Ten tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2023
| name = Penn State
| overall = 25–25
| conference = 7–16
| confstanding = 12th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record subtotal|name=Penn State|overall=195–270|confrecord=70–188}}
{{CBB yearly record end|overall=481–500}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://gopsusports.com/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/rob-cooper/863 Rob Cooper, Head Baseball Coach], Penn State University Nittany Lions
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