Jon Cooper (ice hockey)
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Cooper (right) stands alongside Luke Richardson at the 2013 AHL All-Star Game
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| Born |
August 23, 1967 Prince George, British Columbia, Canada |
| Position | Head coach |
| Team | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| Previous team(s) |
Syracuse Crunch Norfolk Admirals Green Bay Gamblers St. Louis Bandits |
| Years with current team | 2013–present |
Jon Cooper (born August 23, 1967) is a Canadian-American professional ice hockey head coach, currently of the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Cooper began his coaching career in junior hockey as an assistant with the Capital Centre Pride of the North American Hockey League. At that time the Pride were working closely with the Metro Jets of the Central States Hockey League (now North American 3 Hockey League). The Jets owner and Governor, Butch Wolfe, gave cooper his first chance as a head coach with the Jets. During the 2001-02 season, Cooper led the Jets to the Silver Cup - the USA Hockey National Junior B Champtionship.
In 2003, Cooper returned to the North American Hockey League (NAHL) to coach the expansion Texarkana Bandits. In 2004-05 he was named the NAHL Coach of the Year. Cooper continued with the Bandits franchise when it relocated to St. Louis in 2006-07. During the 2006-07 season, the Bandits captured the Robertson Cup as league champion. The following season the Bandits would once again capture the Robertson Cup. Additionally, Cooper won his second NAHL Coach of the Year that season. Cooper spent a total of five seasons coaching in the NAHL before moving on to coach the Green Bay Gamblers of the United States Hockey League.
Cooper was the coach of the United States Hockey League (USHL)'s Green Bay Gamblers starting in 2008. He led the team in 2008–09 and 2009–10 to a record of 84–27–9. In 2010, the team won the Clark Cup for the League's championship.
In 2010, Cooper was hired by the Tampa Bay Lightning to coach the Norfolk Admirals, the team's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate. During the 2011–12 season, the Admirals won the Calder Cup as the AHL's champions. Cooper won the 2012 Louis A. R. Pieri Memorial Award as the AHL's most outstanding head coach.
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