- Cornelius Cooper
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Cornelius Cooper Sport(s) Football Biographical details Born January 10, 1947 Playing career 1964-1967 Prairie View A&M Position(s) Tackle Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1980-1981 Prairie View A&M Head coaching record Overall 4-16 Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Cornelius Cooper (born January 10, 1947) is a former American football player and coach. He was the 13th head football coach for the Prairie View A&M University Panthers located in Prairie View, Texas and he held that position for two seasons, from 1980 until 1981. His career coaching record at Prairie View was 4 wins, 16 losses, and 0 ties. As of the conclusion of the 2007 season, this ranks him 15th at Prairie View in total wins and 15th at Prairie View in winning percentage (.200).[1][2]
Cooper played offensive tackle at Prairie View, and was later drafted in the 11th round (280th overall) by the Miami Dolphins in 1968.[3] This makes him one of 33 "Historically Black College/University" players drafted in the NFL in 1968.[4]
He later taught in the West Orange-Cove Consolidated Independent School District.
References
- ^ Prairie View A&M University coaching records
- ^ "Prairie View Agricultural & Mechanical University Directory". The Sports Network. http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/teams/direct582.htm.
- ^ Database Football 1968 NFL Draft, Miami Dolphins
- ^ The History of Black College Players in the NFL (part two of five), by Hal Lamar, 1998
External links
Prairie View A&M Panthers head football coaches Unknown (1907) • No team (1908–1919) • Unknown (1920) • No team (1921–1922) • Henry B. Hucles (1923–1925) • Jim F. Law (1926–1929) • Arthur J. Willis (1930) • Sam B. Taylor (1931–1943) • L. T. Walker (1944) • William J. Nicks (1945–1947) • Fred T. Long (1948) • James A. Stevens (1949–1951) • William J. Nicks (1952–1965) • Hoover J. Wright (1966–1968) • Alexander Durley (1969–1970) • Jim Hillyer (1971) • Theophilus Danzy (1972) • Hoover J. Wright (1973–1979) • Cornelius Cooper (1980–1981) • James McKinley (1982) • Conway Hayman (1983–1986) • Haney Catchings # (1986) • Haney Catchings (1986–1989) • No team (1990) • Ronald Beard (1991–1994) • Hensley Sapenter (1995–1996) • Greg Johnson (1997–1998) • Clifton Gilliard (1999) • Larry Dorsey (2000–2002) • C. L. Whittington (2003) • Henry Frazier, III (2004–2010) • Heishma Northern (2011–)
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