Hall of Champions

Rick Cooper

  • Class
  • Induction
    2019
  • Sport(s)
    Men's Basketball
Cooper spent 20 years as the head coach of Buff Basketball winning a program-record 391 games from 1993-2013. During his tenure, he won four Lone Star Conference Tournament Championships, 10 NCAA Postseason appearances and was named the conference's Coach of the Year six times. 
 
He led the Buffs to their first Elite Eight performance in program history in 1997-98 where he was named the South Central Region Coach of the Year. In 2011, he was also named a finalist for the Clarence Gaines National Division II Coach of the Year. 
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