Cooper has faith in KU football
By DAN REEDER
Kansan Sports Writer
One can hardly talk football in eastern Kansas these days without a certain word entering into the conversation. And it's not even dirty. The word is "pride."
There should be another 5-letter word started—"faith." That's why Defensive Back Coach John Cooper originally came to KU in 1967. He has faith in Pepper Rodgers and the KU football program.
A standout defensive safety, Cooper played with Iowa State's famed "Dirty Thirty" club of 1959, and captained the Cyclone club in 1961. In his three years at Iowa State, Cooper helped the Cyclones post a 19-11 record.
Cooper earned a B.S. in physical education from Iowa State in 1962, and gained a master's degree in health education from Oregon State in 1964.
After coaching for a year under Clay Stapleton at Ames, Cooper joined Tommy Prothro's staff at Oregon State, where he spent two years. When Prothro moved to UCLA Cooper went along, and during the next two years he fashioned the most effective pass defenses on the west coast.
While at UCLA, Cooper was a colleague of Pepper Rodgers. When Rodgers took over the KU team, Cooper joined the staff.
"KU has a fine organization here, from Wade Stinson on down," Cooper said. "I came to KU because of Coach Rodgers. He's the greatest young coach in the country."
When the Jayhawks traveled to the Orange Bowl last season, Cooper was no stranger. In his second year as assistant coach at Oregon State, his team went to the Rose Bowl, and he was a member of the UCLA staff in 1965 when the Bruins won over Michigan State, again in the Rose Bowl.
Cooper said that the K-State and Nebraska games were just one of those things that happen. "We played two fine football teams, but we could have come out on top just as easily as they did," he added.
"Last year the breaks went our way, but we haven't been so lucky this year. We've been plagued with too many key injuries," Cooper said.
"It was the same with Nebraska. The guys learned a valuable lesson at Nebraska—a lesson that we try to teach all of our players: a team can never give up. Nebraska didn't give up, even when they were down, and it payed off for them. The same thing happened at Texas Tech."
The defensive secondary has been playing as well as they can, Cooper said. "The guys put out great effort and they are improving every week."
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