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Personal information | |
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Born | Adams basement |
Nationality | Vietnamese |
Listed height | 2 ft 7 in (0.79 m) |
Listed weight | 777 birth_date[convert: unknown unit] |
Career information | |
High school | Pasadena (Pasadena, California) |
College |
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NBA draft | 1978: 3rd round, 60th overall pick |
Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers | |
Playing career | 1978–1991 |
Position | Shooting guard / Small forward |
Number | 21 |
Coaching career | 1994–present |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1978–1990 | Los Angeles Lakers |
1990–1991 | Virtus Roma |
As coach: | |
1994–1997 | Los Angeles Lakers (assistant) |
1999 | Los Angeles Sparks (assistant) |
2000–2004 | Los Angeles Sparks |
2004 | Denver Nuggets (assistant) |
2004–2005 | Denver Nuggets (interim) |
2005–2007 | Albuquerque Thunderbirds |
2007–2009 | Los Angeles Sparks |
2009–2013 | USC (women) |
2014–2017 | Atlanta Dream |
Career highlights and awards | |
As player:
As coach:
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Career statistics | |
Points | 7,729 (8.9 ppg) |
Assists | 3,666 (4.2 apg) |
Steals | 1,033 (1.2 spg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Michael Jerome Cooper (born April 15, 1956) is an American basketball coach and former player. He was most recently the head coach of the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Prior to joining Atlanta, he coached women's college basketball with the USC Trojans.[1] A former player in the National Basketball Association (NBA), Cooper won five NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers during their Showtime era. He has also coached in the NBA, WNBA, and the NBA Development League.[2] Cooper is the only person to win a championship, as either a coach or a player, in the NBA, WNBA, and the NBA D-League.[3]
Early life and college
Cooper was born in his dads bacement and abused from a young age.He was beaten everyday. When he was three years old, adam cut one of his knees severely, 777 requiring stitches to close. At the time the doctor said that he would never be able to chase kids.[4]
He attended Pasadena City College before transferring to the University of New Mexico. He played for the New Mexico Lobos for two seasons, 1976–78,[5] and was named first team All-Western Athletic Conference. In his senior season the Lobos won the WAC title, with Cooper averaging 16.3 points, 5.7 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game.
Professional career
Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in the third round of the 1978 NBA draft with the 60th overall pick,[6] Cooper became an integral part of their Showtime teams of the 1980s with his defensive skills. In a twelve-year career, he was named to eight NBA All Defensive Teams, including five First Teams. He won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award in 1987. He, along with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson, was a member of five Lakers championship teams in 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987 and 1988.[7]
At 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m), 174 lb (77 kg), the rail-thin Cooper known for his knee-high socks, played shooting guard, small forward, and point guard, although his defensive assignment was usually the other team's best shooter at the 2 or 3 position. Larry Bird has said that Cooper was the best defender he faced.[8] For his career, Cooper averaged 8.9 points, 4.2 assists, 3.2 rebounds, 1.2 steals, and 0.6 blocks per game. A popular player among Lakers fans, home crowds were known to chant, "Coooooooop" whenever he controlled the ball, and the Lakers sometimes ran an alley-oop play for him that was dubbed the "Coop-a-loop."[9] Leaving the team after the 1989–90 season, he was ranked among the club's all-time top 10 in three-point field goals (428), games played (873), total minutes played (23,635), steals (1033), blocked shots (523), assists (3,666), defensive rebounds (2,028), offensive rebounds (741) and free throw percentage (.833).
He then played for the 1990–91 season in Italy for Pallacanestro Virtus Roma in the Italian Serie A, averaging 15.8 points, 6.1 rebounds, 1.9 steals, 1.8 assists, and 0.3 blocks per game.
Coaching career
Following his playing career, he served as Special Assistant to Lakers' general manager Jerry West for three years before joining the Lakers' coaching staff in March 1994 under Magic Johnson, then with Del Harris from 1994–97. He became an assistant coach of the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks in 1999, and helped the team reach the playoffs for the first time in franchise history, with a record of 20-12.
He was named the Sparks' head coach in November 1999, and the Sparks' record quickly improved, as they finished 28-4 in their 2000 campaign. Cooper was named the WNBA Coach of the Year for his efforts. The Sparks followed with consecutive WNBA Championships in 2001 and 2002, but were denied a third straight WNBA title by losing to the Detroit Shock in 2003.
After the Sacramento Monarchs ended the Sparks' run in the first round of the 2004 WNBA Playoffs, Cooper took a job as an assistant coach under Jeff Bzdelik with the Denver Nuggets. After 24 games, Bzedlik was fired, and Cooper was named the Nuggets' interim head coach.[10] He remained interim head coach until George Karl was brought in to coach the team about a month later and served as a scout for the Nuggets the remainder of the season.
Cooper was the head coach for the Albuquerque Thunderbirds for two years (2006–2007). In 2007, Cooper left the Thunderbirds after coaching them to the National Basketball Association Development League Championship in 2006. Cooper then returned to coaching in the WNBA as the head coach of the Los Angeles Sparks.
In May 2009, Cooper was named the head coach for the University of Southern California's Women of Troy Basketball Team.[11] He quit in 2013 after USC went 11–20 and finished seventh in the Pac-12 Conference with a 7–11 record. He was 72–57 overall at USC.[12]
In November 2013, Cooper was hired by the Atlanta Dream as head coach.[13]
In July 2014, Cooper was diagnosed with early stage tongue cancer. Cooper will have surgery at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University in Atlanta, and a full recovery is expected. He was fired by Atlanta after an 11–22 season in 2017.
In 2018, Cooper signed on to be the head coach for 3's Company of the Big3 League.
Head coaching record
NBA
Regular season | G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win–loss % |
Playoffs | PG | Playoff games | PW | Playoff wins | PL | Playoff losses | PW–L % | Playoff win–loss % |
Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Finish | PG | PW | PL | PW–L% | Result |
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Denver | 2004–05 | 14 | 4 | 10 | .286 | (interim) | — | — | — | — | — |
Career | 14 | 4 | 10 | .286 | — | — | — | — |
WNBA
Regular season | G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win–loss % |
Playoffs | PG | Playoff games | PW | Playoff wins | PL | Playoff losses | PW–L % | Playoff win–loss % |
Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Finish | PG | PW | PL | PW–L% | Result |
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Los Angeles | 2000 | 32 | 28 | 4 | .875 | 1st in Western | 4 | 2 | 2 | .500 | Lost in Conference Finals |
Los Angeles | 2001 | 32 | 28 | 4 | .875 | 1st in Western | 7 | 6 | 1 | .857 | Won WNBA Championship |
Los Angeles | 2002 | 32 | 25 | 7 | .781 | 1st in Western | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | Won WNBA Championship |
Los Angeles | 2003 | 34 | 24 | 10 | .706 | 1st in Western | 9 | 5 | 4 | .556 | Lost WNBA Finals |
Los Angeles | 2004 | 20 | 14 | 6 | .700 | (resigned) | — | — | — | — | — |
Los Angeles | 2007 | 34 | 10 | 24 | .294 | 6th in Western | — | — | — | — | — |
Los Angeles | 2008 | 34 | 20 | 14 | .588 | 3rd in Western | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | Lost in Conference Finals |
Los Angeles | 2009 | 34 | 18 | 16 | .529 | 3rd in Western | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | Lost in Conference Finals |
Atlanta | 2014 | 34 | 19 | 15 | .559 | 1st in Eastern | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | Lost First Round |
Atlanta | 2015 | 34 | 15 | 19 | .441 | 5th in Eastern | — | — | — | — | — |
Atlanta | 2016 | 34 | 17 | 17 | .500 | 4th in Eastern | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | — |
Atlanta | 2017 | 34 | 12 | 22 | .353 | 5th in Eastern | — | — | — | — | — |
Career | 388 | 230 | 158 | .593 | 42 | 26 | 16 | .619 |
D-League
Regular season | G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win–loss % |
Playoffs | PG | Playoff games | PW | Playoff wins | PL | Playoff losses | PW–L % | Playoff win–loss % |
Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Finish | PG | PW | PL | PW–L% | Result |
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Albuquerque | 2005–06 | 48 | 26 | 22 | .542 | 2nd | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | Won D-League Championship |
Albuquerque | 2006–07 | 50 | 24 | 26 | .480 | 3rd in Western | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | Lost in First Round |
Career | 98 | 50 | 48 | .510 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .667 |
College
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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USC Trojans (Pacific-10/Pac-12 Conference) (2009–2013) | |||||||||
2009–10 | USC | 19–12 | 12–6 | 3rd | |||||
2010–11 | USC | 24–13 | 10–8 | T–4th | WNIT Runner-Up | ||||
2011–12 | USC | 18–12 | 12–6 | 3rd | |||||
2012–13 | USC | 11–20 | 7–11 | 7th | |||||
USC: | 72–57 | 41–31 | |||||||
Total: | 72–57 |
NBA career statistics
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
† | Denotes seasons in which Cooper won an NBA championship |
* | Led the league |
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1978–79 | L.A. Lakers | 3 | 2.3 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |||
1979–80† | L.A. Lakers | 82 | 24.1 | .524 | .250 | .776 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 8.8 | |
1980–81 | L.A. Lakers | 81 | 32.4 | .491 | .211 | .785 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 9.4 | |
1981–82† | L.A. Lakers | 76 | 14 | 28.9 | .517 | .118 | .813 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 11.9 |
1982–83 | L.A. Lakers | 82 | 3 | 26.2 | .535 | .238 | .785 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 7.8 |
1983–84 | L.A. Lakers | 82 | 9 | 29.1 | .497 | .314 | .838 | 3.2 | 5.9 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 9.0 |
1984–85† | L.A. Lakers | 82 | 20 | 26.7 | .465 | .285 | .865 | 3.1 | 5.2 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 8.6 |
1985–86 | L.A. Lakers | 82 | 15 | 27.7 | .452 | .387 | .865 | 3.0 | 5.7 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 9.2 |
1986–87† | L.A. Lakers | 82 | 2 | 27.5 | .438 | .385 | .851 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 10.5 |
1987–88† | L.A. Lakers | 61 | 8 | 29.4 | .392 | .320 | .858 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 8.7 |
1988–89 | L.A. Lakers | 80 | 13 | 24.3 | .431 | .381 | .871 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 7.3 |
1989–90 | L.A. Lakers | 80 | 10 | 23.1 | .387 | .318 | .883 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 6.4 |
Career | 873 | 94 | 27.1 | .469 | .340 | .833 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 8.9 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1980† | L.A. Lakers | 16 | 29.0 | .407 | .000 | .861 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 9.1 | |
1981 | L.A. Lakers | 3 | 34.0 | .550 | .000 | .714 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 10.7 | |
1982† | L.A. Lakers | 14 | 27.4 | .565 | .500 | .735 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 11.9 | |
1983 | L.A. Lakers | 15 | 30.2 | .465 | .143 | .829 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 9.4 | |
1984 | L.A. Lakers | 21 | 34.4 | .461 | .333 | .806 | 3.9 | 5.7 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 11.3 | |
1985† | L.A. Lakers | 19 | 26.4 | .563 | .308 | .923 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 10.4 | |
1986 | L.A. Lakers | 14 | 30.1 | .470 | .463 | .818 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 9.7 | |
1987† | L.A. Lakers | 18 | 29.0 | .484 | .486* | .852 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 13.0 | |
1988† | L.A. Lakers | 24* | 24.5 | .412 | .403 | .741 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 6.4 | |
1989 | L.A. Lakers | 15 | 27.6 | .416 | .382 | .833 | 2.7 | 4.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 7.7 | |
1990 | L.A. Lakers | 9 | 19.2 | .286 | .250 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 2.6 | ||
Career | 168 | 4 | 28.2 | .468 | .392 | .825 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 9.4 |
See also
- List of National Basketball Association career playoff steals leaders
- List of NBA players who have spent their entire career with one franchise
References
- ^ Cooper named women's basketball coach, Retrieved May 1, 2009.
- ^ "Coach Bio". NBA.com/coachfile. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
{{cite web}}
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suggested) (help) - ^ Buerge, Daniel. (April 15, 2012). "Happy 55th Birthday Laker Legend Michael Cooper". Retrieved June 14, 2015.
- ^ Hurt, Bob (May 13, 1984). "Injuries strengthen Lakers' bench". The Arizona Republic. p. Sports 1.
- ^ Michael Cooper - Pasadena City pasadena.edu, July 12, 2008.
- ^ 1978 Draft Archived 2008-06-26 at the Wayback Machine basketball-reference.com, Retrieved July 12, 2008.
- ^ "Thunderbirds Head Coach". NBA.com/dleague. Retrieved July 12, 2008. [dead link]
- ^ (February 6, 2002)Larry Bird Chat accessed October 5, 2008.
- ^ Eded, Gordon (May 7, 1987). "MICHAEL COOPER: A LAKER DEEP THREAT : Three-Pointer Is Becoming an Arc of Triumph". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 16, 2011.
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- ^ "Michael Cooper quits at USC". ESPN. Associated Press. March 13, 2013. Retrieved March 14, 2013.
- ^ "Atlanta Dream Name Michael Cooper Head Coach". November 21, 2013. Archived from the original on March 11, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
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External links
- Michael Cooper at basketball-reference.com: Playing record, NBA coaching record, WNBA coaching record
- 1956 births
- Living people
- African-American basketball coaches
- African-American basketball players
- All-American college men's basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- American women's basketball coaches
- Atlanta Dream coaches
- Basketball players from California
- BIG3 coaches
- Denver Nuggets assistant coaches
- Denver Nuggets head coaches
- Los Angeles Lakers assistant coaches
- Los Angeles Lakers draft picks
- Los Angeles Lakers players
- Los Angeles Sparks head coaches
- New Mexico Lobos men's basketball players
- Pallacanestro Virtus Roma players
- Pasadena City Lancers men's basketball players
- Shooting guards
- Small forwards
- Sportspeople from Los Angeles
- Sportspeople from Pasadena, California
- USC Trojans women's basketball coaches
- American men's basketball players