 Cooper served as the head football coach at Eastern Michigan University (1993–1994), the University of Louisville (1995–1997), Alabama A&M (1998–2001), and the interim head coach at FIU (2016).He was the defensive backs coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2012.A native of Huntsville, Alabama, he played high school football at Lee High School and college football at Jacksonville State University.