Official Assistant Coaches Thread

[chrisdashley]

@USFBulls_Rivals: DC Rumor Mill: hearing chatter that Tampa Bay Buccaneers DB coach Ron Cooper is in the mix... will try to get confirmation ASAP

I trust in CWT, but the Bucs gave up more passing yardage than anyone else in the league.

due to the lack of depth. not coaching. when you have wright and alib getting in trouble every week, you can't win. i don't blame cooper for the lack of depth.

[fla331boy]

@USFBulls_Rivals: DC Rumor Mill: hearing chatter that Tampa Bay Buccaneers DB coach Ron Cooper is in the mix... will try to get confirmation ASAP

I trust in CWT, but the Bucs gave up more passing yardage than anyone else in the league.

 

 

With all do respect, the Bucs had the worst corners in the league and that's not a coaches fault. He has to play the hand he's dealt.

[BiggTipp]

A rookie at one safety spot...a career corner switching to safety...undrafted free agents playing corner the majority of the season....that's why they were last

[BiggTipp]

And they were #1 against the run

[flsportsfan83]

I didn't know anything about Cooper but he has been a head coachat 3 schools, worked as a D Coord at some major schools, has worked in the SEC.

 

This would be a solid hire

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Cooper_(football_coach)

[flsportsfan83]

Biography

 

Ron Cooper enters his first season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2012, where he will serve as defensive backs coach. 

Cooper begins his tenure with Tampa Bay after spending 29 seasons in the college ranks, including two different stints as a defensive coordinator and three as a head coach. He has been with LSU for the past three seasons (2009-11), overseeing one of the top secondaries in the country that included national award winners in CB Morris Claiborne, CB Patrick Peterson and CB Tyrann Mathieu. Cooper coached the last two winners of the Jim Thorpe Award – Peterson in 2010 and Claiborne in 2011 – given to the top defensive back in college football, as well as the last two winners of the Chuck Bednarik Award – Peterson in 2010 and Mathieu in 2011 – given to the nation’s Defensive Player of the Year. As a sophomore in 2011, Mathieu was also named as a finalist for the Heisman Trophy.

Ron Cooper enters his first season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2012, where he will serve as defensive backs coach. 

Cooper begins his tenure with Tampa Bay after spending 29 seasons in the college ranks, including two different stints as a defensive coordinator and three as a head coach. He has been with LSU for the past three seasons (2009-11), overseeing one of the top secondaries in the country that included national award winners in CB Morris Claiborne, CB Patrick Peterson and CB Tyrann Mathieu. Cooper coached the last two winners of the Jim Thorpe Award – Peterson in 2010 and Claiborne in 2011 – given to the top defensive back in college football, as well as the last two winners of the Chuck Bednarik Award – Peterson in 2010 and Mathieu in 2011 – given to the nation’s Defensive Player of the Year. As a sophomore in 2011, Mathieu was also named as a finalist for the Heisman Trophy. 

All three players earned consensus All-American honors under Cooper, with Claiborne and Mathieu becoming the first cornerback teammates to earn first-team AP honors in NCAA history. In 2011, Claiborne (Coaches) and Mathieu (AP) each earned SEC Defensive Player of the Year honors, while Peterson (Coaches) earned SEC Defensive Player of the Year in 2010 before being selected fifth overall in the 2010 NFL Draft. 

As a unit, LSU’s secondary accounted for 16 interceptions, nine fumble recoveries and 12 forced fumbles in 2011, as the Tigers led the nation in turnover margin and ranked fifth in total interceptions with 18. The team allowed just seven passing touchdowns all season, the fewest by a Tiger team since limiting opponents to five in 1989. 

In his first two seasons with LSU, Cooper made an immediate impact with the Tigers, helping the team to the Capital One Bowl and the Cotton Bowl. In his first year, LSU’s pass defense jumped to 29th after ranking 73rd in the nation the previous year. The improvement continued, with the team ranking No. 10 in the country in 2010 and No. 8 in 2011, where the team finished 13-1 and earned an SEC Championship and a trip to the BCS National Championship Game. 

Cooper spent five years at South Carolina prior to being hired by LSU, serving as the defensive backs coach (2004), outside linebackers/special teams coordinator (2005), secondary/assistant head coach (2006-07) and safeties coach (2008). In 2008, Cooper assisted with a defense that ranked No. 1 in the SEC and No. 2 in the nation in pass defense, allowing just 160 yards per game. With the Gamecocks, Cooper helped the team to appearances in the 2005 Independence Bowl, 2006 Liberty Bowl and 2009 Outback Bowl. 

Prior to his stay in South Carolina, Cooper spent 2003 as the defensive coordinator at Mississippi State and 2002 as the secondary coach at Wisconsin. Cooper broke into the head coaching ranks with Eastern Michigan (1993-94) and went on to become head coach at Louisville (1995-97) and Alabama A&M (1998-01). Cooper’s 1995 Louisville team led the nation in takeaways and finished No. 9 in the nation in scoring defense. The following season, the Cardinals ranked No. 4 in the country in both total defense and rushing defense. At Alabama A&M, Cooper guided the Bulldogs to the Southwestern Athletic Conference Championship Game in 2000. His squad led the nation in rushing defense and they ranked No. 8 nationally in scoring defense. He also discovered DE Robert Mathis and coached him in his first three collegiate seasons with Mathis still holding the school record for career sacks and tackles for loss. 

Before becoming head coach at Eastern Michigan, Cooper served as an assistant coach at Notre Dame (1991-92), helping the Irish to victories over No. 3-ranked Florida in the Sugar Bowl and No. 4 Texas A&M in the Cotton Bowl following the 1991 and 1992 seasons. 

Cooper also served as the defensive coordinator at UNLV (1990), assistant coach at East Carolina (1989), defensive coordinator at Murray State (1987-88), assistant coach at Austin Peay (1985-86), graduate assistant at Minnesota (1984) and graduate assistant at Appalachian State (1983). 

On the field, Cooper was a four-year letter winner at Jacksonville State, where he was a part of two Gulf South Conference championships in 1981 and 1982. Cooper also played in the NCAA Division II playoffs three times during his career, reaching the semifinal round in 1982. 

Cooper and his wife, Djuna, have a daughter, Tyler, and two sons, Tristan and Ronald, Jr. 

COOPER AT A GLANCE

YEARS   1979-82 Jacksonville State, player 1983 Appalachian State, Graduate Assistant 1984 Minnesota, Graduate Assistant 1985-86 Austin Peay, Assistant Coach 1987-88 Murray State, Defensive Coordinator 1989 East Carolina, Assistant Coach 1990 UNLV, Defensive Coordinator 1991-92 Notre Dame, Assistant Head Coach 1993-94 Eastern Michigan, Head Coach 1995-97 Louisville, Head Coach 1998-2001 Alabama A&M, Head Coach 2002 Wisconsin, Assistant Coach 2003 Mississippi State, Defensive Coordinator 2004 South Carolina, Defensive Backs 2005 South Carolina, Outside Linebackers/Special Teams Coordinator 2006-07 South Carolina, Assistant Head Coach/Secondary 2008 South Carolina, Safeties 2009-11 LSU, Secondary 2012 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Defensive Backs Coach

[Sanford Bull]

He was DB coach at LSU, former HC of Eastern Michigan, former HC of Louisville, former HC of alabama A&M

 

 

http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=28715&SPID=2164&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=3641489&Q_SEASON=2011

[nobullaboutit]

GOT MY FINGERS CROSSED ON THIS GUY. LOOKS LIKE HE WOULD BE A SOLID HIRE.

[flsportsfan83]

Only thing about him is he appears to move around too much, I am good with either him or Ammato.

[Skingraft]

He would be great.....  LSU... ummm  Yeah.....