Northwestern State University of Louisana

An all-conference sprinter in all four seasons, and an All-American as part of the NCAA eighth-place 4x100 relay team in 1987, Cooper helped the Demons win the 1985 Gulf Star Conference championship and the 1987 Southland Conference championship ... a team captain as a junior and a senior ... Cooper ran the third leg on the 1987 4x1 team ... a Dean's List student and a Blue Key National Honor Society member, he has coached a high school track team to a state championship and a high school basketball team to the state finals, and is a school principal.