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Texas A&M tabs Ron Cooper as defensive backs coach

February 2, 2017
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Per sources, Kevin Sumlin has added Ron Cooper to the Texas A&M coaching staff as his defensive backs coach.

FootballScoop reported yesterday that Cooper was a strong candidate to replace Terry Joseph in Aggieland and he was mentioned here as one of the five candidates who interviewed for the job last week, but today's TexAgs report is stating that the longtime assistant has indeed been officially hired by Sumlin and A&M and will take the reins of John Chavis' defensive backfield.

The former Louisville head coach (1995-1997) also had head coaching stops at Eastern Michigan and Alabama A&M and most recently was the interim head coach at Florida International this past season.

Cooper brings a wealth of experience to the Aggie staff. With a background that includes several stops as a defensive backs coach, including LSU - where he worked under Chief and coached the likes of Patrick Peterson, Tyrann Mathieu and Morris Claiborne - Notre Dame, South Carolina and South Florida, the new A&M assistant has also served as a defensive coordinator at Mississippi State and UNLV.

He spent one season as an NFL defensive backs coach with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2012, rounding out one hell of a resume for a college position coach.

Until the NCAA grants teams the opportunity to sign a 10th assistant (which many expect will happen in April), Cooper completes Sumlin's staff. He'll be on campus and begin working with the Aggie team to start next week.

Amidst working around the clock with the entire A&M staff to close out a borderline top-10 2017 recruiting class, Sumlin had been busy cross-checking several guys for the job, interviewing as many as five candidates before landing on Cooper as the ideal fit to round out John Chavis' defensive staff.
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Texas A&M tabs Ron Cooper as defensive backs coach

21,635 Views | 24 Replies | Last: 7 yr ago by AnalogyAg
Gilbert McGee
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Ayyyyyyy
aggieland09
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technoviking
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WTF95
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Good pickup
pasquale
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Hanging with Mr. Cooper
Clavell
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Bottlehead90
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Solid
CapAg07
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Recruiters baby!
LouisHerbertWong
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Nice hire. Yesterday, TOS said it'd be Ron English. Clowns.
KansasCity Ag
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Great hire. Too bad he'll get bought out with the rest of the staff in December
Habanero Guero
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Really thought Sumlin would go get the best DB coach out there... Saban
Tamu_mgm
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Solid hire
fieldtrailer
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Don't know that much about him. Hope he can develop any of the stable of talented kids he will be coaching. Wont take long to see if he is a good teacher. We will have last years' game film to compare. Also hope he has a good history of recruiting (besides Louisiana kids that love LSU).

Was/am still hoping Sumlin hires a Tx high school coach to try to get back some of the recruiting ground he has lost in the state. Especially on defense. We'll see. Good luck to him.
OrygunAg
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Like others above, waiting to see what materializes on the field.
CrottyKid
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Seems like he has always been on losing teams
Lateralus Ag
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If he gets our DB's to look for the ball he will be wildly successful by comparison.
Maroon Flash
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LSU people saying he is a solid Coach.
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GoodOldAgs
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Why hasn't it been announced officially yet?
vander54
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GoodOldAgs said:

Why hasn't it been announced officially yet?



It was announced yesterday morning. Just no huge press conference.
DayAg!
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Will he be able to get them to turn and look for the ball...... just sayin.
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AnalogyAg
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it would have been easier to follow that resume had they just listed the schools and positions he hadnt served.
AnalogyAg
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Will he be able to get them to turn and look for the ball...... just sayin.


if he did NOTHING ELSE here, that would be enough. well, maybe that and teaching them never to turn their backs to the receiver. old school coverage- a dying art.
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