George E. Cooper Explained

George E. Cooper
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1919
Coach Team2:Tempe Normal
Coach Years3:1922–1927
Coach Team3:Colorado State Teachers
Coach Sport4:Basketball
Coach Years5:1917–1922
Coach Team5:Tempe Normal
Coach Years6:1922–1931
Coach Team6:Colorado State Teachers
Coach Sport7:Baseball
Coach Years8:1918–1922
Coach Team8:Tempe Normal
Coach Years9:1922–1926
Coach Team9:Colorado State Teachers
Coach Years10:1929
Coach Team10:Colorado State Teachers
Admin Years1:1917–1922
Admin Team1:Tempe Normal
Overall Record:15–13–1 (football)
130–62 (basketball)
60–28–1 (baseball)

George E. Cooper was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Tempe Normal School, now Arizona State University, in 1919 and at Colorado State Teachers College, now the University of Northern Colorado, from 1922 to 1927, compiling a career college football record of 15–13–1. Cooper was also the head basketball coach at Tempe Normal from 1917 to 1922 and at Colorado State Teachers from 1922 to 1931, tallying a career college basketball mark of 130–62. In addition, he coached baseball at the two schools, at Tempe Normal from 1918 to 1922, and at Colorado State Teachers from 1922 to 1926 and again in 1929, amassing a career college baseball record of 60–28–1. Cooper played football at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.[1]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. Book: Eger, Bob . Maroon & Gold: A History of Sun Devil Athletics . 2001 . Sports Publishing LLC . 1-58261-223-4 . 43 . April 3, 2011.