# Michael Cooper

> Michael Jerome Cooper, nicknamed "Coop", is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles men's basketball team. He played for the Los Angeles Lakers during his entire career in the National Basketball Association (NBA), winning five NBA championships with the Lakers during their Showtime era. He was an eight-time selection to the NBA All-Defensive Team, including five times on the first team. He was named the NBA Defensive Player of the Year in 1987. Cooper was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2024. The Lakers retired his No. 21 jersey in 2025.

*American basketball coach and player*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/michael-cooper

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Basketball Player ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646))
- **Category:** Basketball Players
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1956-04-15
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 53.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.1 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 15.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 70.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 80.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/showtimecooper (@showtimecooper)
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1649053/ (@nm1649053)

## Sources
- [迈克尔·库珀](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%BF%88%E5%85%8B%E5%B0%94%C2%B7%E5%BA%93%E7%8F%80)
- [مايكل كوبر](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1)
- [مايكل كوبر](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1)
- [Michael Cooper (Basketballtrainer)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Cooper_(Basketballtrainer))
- [Michael Cooper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Cooper)
- [Michael Cooper](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Cooper)
- [Michael Cooper](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Cooper)
- [Michael Cooper (basket-ball)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Cooper_(basket-ball))
- [מייקל קופר](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%9C_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%A8)
- [Michael Cooper](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Cooper)
- [マイケル・クーパー](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC)
- [Michael Cooper](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Cooper)
- [Michael Cooper](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Cooper)
- [Купер, Майкл](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB)
- [Michael Cooper](https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Cooper)
- [Michael Cooper](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Cooper)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q971538)
- [Michael Cooper](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/329468)

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