Ohio State would go on to win the 1997 Rose Bowl against Arizona State and finish the season ranked #2. With this victory, Cooper became the first coach to win the Rose Bowl with a Pac …

Jun 18, 2013 · With the recent announcement that John Cooper is set to be inducted into Ohio State's Athletics Hall of Fame, we take a shot at defining the legacy of one of the more …

May 2, 2008 · John Cooper said that after Ohio State fired him eight years ago with 193 career wins, he obsessed about finding a way to gain seven more.

A finalist for the Paul “Bear” Bryant and Football News National Coach of the Year awards, Cooper guided Ohio State to a 16-game regular season unbeaten streak from the sixth game …

Jul 20, 2009 · It was his coaching, more so than the fresh banana pants he wore for the game, that caught the eye of athletic director Jim Jones and the Ohio State search committee and on …

He led the Buckeyes to three Big Ten championships – his three teams combined for nine total conference titles – and his 1996 Ohio State team defeated Arizona State in the 1997 Rose …

John Cooper was the first, and currently the only, head coach in the history of the Rose Bowl Game to lead both a Big Ten and a Pac-12 team to victories—first with Arizona State in 1987 …

Mar 30, 2012 · But Ohio State's 13-13 tie with Michigan at Ohio Stadium will spare John Cooper none of the second-guessing that has marked his five seasons as OSU's head coach.

Aug 18, 2016 · Ohio State started the season ranked No. 16, rose to fifth but finished unranked. John Cooper's 13-year Ohio State tenure came to a close after the 24-7 loss to South Carolina …

Nov 18, 2018 · Now 81, the former Ohio State coach remains here — “They can’t run me out,” he quipped — gratefully ever after. He has his health, his high school sweetheart, and their four …