Michael Cooper

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American basketball coach and player

United States Basketball PlayersBorn 1956 · age 70

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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.

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Teams 4

Los Angeles Lakers1978-1990

New Mexico Lobos men's basketball1976-1978

Pallacanestro Virtus Roma

Denver Nuggets

Awards 8

1988NBA All-Defensive Team

1987NBA All-Defensive Team

1987NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award

1986J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award

1985NBA All-Defensive Team

1984NBA All-Defensive Team

1982NBA All-Defensive Team

WNBA Coach of the Year Award

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SpouseWanda Cooper

ChildMichael Cooper Jr.

ChildSimone Cooper

Connected to Michael 6

Jean-Hugues AngladeAlso in Sweat (2002)

J. Lee ThompsonAlso in Murphy's Law (1986)

David HaymanAlso in Murphy's Law (1986)

Sagamore StéveninAlso in Sweat (2002)

Kathleen WilhoiteAlso in Murphy's Law (1986)

Richard RomanusAlso in Murphy's Law (1986)

About this person

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.

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