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Coaching Candidate John Cooper

Posted: March 21st, 2007, 9:59 am
by Sly Fox
Sure he may have never beaten Michigan, but he's generated some interest from LU. And Chris' story yesterday generated some buzz over in Alabama:
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Auburn basketball assistant in running for top job at Liberty
Wednesday, March 21, 2007


AUBURN -- Auburn men's basketball coach Jeff Lebo could lose his top lieutenant.

Associate head coach John Cooper is one of several candidates vying to lead Liberty University's basketball program. The News & Advance of Lynchburg, Va., reported Tuesday that other candidates include West Virginia assistant Matt Brown, Washington assistant Cameron Dollar, South Carolina assistant Rick Duckett, former New Mexico coach Ritchie McKay and former Seton Hall coach Louis Orr.
Click Here for Full Story

Posted: March 21st, 2007, 10:07 am
by LUconn
The school fired coach Larry Dunton last month after five seasons and a 66-85 record at the school
Good stuff

Posted: March 21st, 2007, 10:08 am
by SuperJon
The school fired coach Larry Dunton last month after five seasons and a 66-85 record at the school.

Press Register (2007). Auburn basketball assistant in running for top job at Liberty. Retrieved March 21, 2007 from
http://www.al.com/sports/mobileregister ... xml&coll=3

Posted: March 21st, 2007, 10:08 am
by SuperJon
Dang it, I was trying to format my Works Cited attempt and you hit submit first.

Posted: March 21st, 2007, 10:12 am
by Cider Jim
I liked the detail about how Cooper is making 125K. I know we can do better than that.

Posted: March 21st, 2007, 10:16 am
by Knucklehead
Look he even has a head coaching win from this year>>>>>>
March 21, 2007
Auburn continues turnaround, 80-68

By Jay G. Tate
Montgomery Advertiser


AUBURN -- John Cooper thought Wednesday would be just another day.

Then Auburn's top assistant got a late-afternoon call. Head coach Jeff Lebo was stuck in bed with influenza, leaving Cooper to handle the Tigers' most significant game of the season.

No problem.

Auburn overcame a sluggish first-half performance to earn an 80-68 win against LSU. The victory bumped the Tigers into a four-way tie for first place atop the Southeastern Conference's Western Division
Full Story Here: http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/app ... 703010346]

Posted: March 21st, 2007, 10:16 am
by whmatthews
im in convo right now and cooper and his wife are in the section next to me (117) just a few rows up from where i am sitting w/ barber and his wife

Posted: March 21st, 2007, 10:17 am
by Knucklehead
Sweet!

Posted: March 21st, 2007, 10:17 am
by SuperJon
Dude, are you on a laptop in convo? That's awesome.

Posted: March 21st, 2007, 10:19 am
by Hold My Own
theres your flight answer :wink:

Posted: March 21st, 2007, 10:19 am
by LUconn
show him this thread! make him post!

Posted: March 21st, 2007, 10:20 am
by TallyW
I'm pumped... He'd be a great addition!

Posted: March 21st, 2007, 10:20 am
by TallyW
Take a picture... esp if you have a mac, just flip it around... I'm sure no one will notice :)

Posted: March 21st, 2007, 10:21 am
by Cider Jim
im in convo right now and cooper and his wife are in the section next to me (117) just a few rows up from where i am sitting w/ barber and his wife
Thanks, Matthews. Any sign of his dog Cleo? :P

Posted: March 21st, 2007, 10:24 am
by Hold My Own
is he hold a crystal ball? Turban? Dangling earing?

Posted: March 21st, 2007, 10:30 am
by jcmanson
I know you have a camera phone! Take a pic!

Posted: March 21st, 2007, 10:37 am
by FlameNForest
Can you tell if he's enjoying Hindson's message?

Posted: March 21st, 2007, 10:42 am
by Hold My Own
Maybe this is the true test...if he enjoys the message they wont hire him...b/c then we'd know he'd be faking his entire faith :lol:

Posted: March 21st, 2007, 10:44 am
by PAmedic
Is he wearing a T-shirt with his name on it so you know its him?

I hear thats a sound method of validating ID

Posted: March 21st, 2007, 10:46 am
by Hold My Own
isnt he the one with the Medic Stache?

Posted: March 21st, 2007, 12:02 pm
by Killn'emsoftly
you guys are funny, i can't stop laughing at the 'enjoying the message' -- you know he really fits in if he falls asleep! :lol: :wink:

Posted: March 21st, 2007, 12:20 pm
by jcmanson
Killn'emsoftly wrote:you guys are funny, i can't stop laughing at the 'enjoying the message' -- you know he really fits in if he falls asleep! :lol: :wink:
You didn't correctly use the quote function. :nono You better be careful or you will be in trouble :lol:

Posted: March 21st, 2007, 12:40 pm
by whmatthews
Sorry guys I didn't get any type of picture or more details than only he was sitting pretty close to me. I saw him standing at the concourse and was thinking... "That guy looks familiar", then I saw Barber standing beside him talking to someone so I put my laptop on the ground beneath me so the RA couldn't see me and checked this wonderful site and recognized him. He didn't look too intrigued by Hindson's message (although it was a good sermon). He was wearing a dark blue suit with a light blue tie, for whoever asked about what he was wearing. I looked back about 5 minutes to 11 and they were all gone, so... maybe out to lunch. None-the-less, it was him.

Posted: March 21st, 2007, 1:02 pm
by TDDance234
I did see Barber with a couple but had no thought of even to put together that it was a coaching candidate.

Interesting.

Posted: March 21st, 2007, 1:04 pm
by Cider Jim
I wonder if lunch will be at Crown Sterling or the LU cafeteria? I wish Mrs. SCAR would have been given some advance notice so that she could have had some of her cookies ready for the Coopers.