Not many have better stories than the son of a Clifton electrician who went on to become the head of the USA Track and Field operation. Cooper was a football and basketball letterman at Arizona from 1935-40, and the head track coach from 1951-68, during which he coached Olympians George Young, Gayle Hopkins and Ed Caruthers. He also worked as a UA assistant football coach for 12 years.
2. Carl Cooper, track
Carl Cooper was Arizona’s track coach, an assistant football coach for 15 years and a full-time professor before running the U.S Track and Field Federation.
Star sports columnist Greg Hansen counts down the top 10 UA athletes who went on to become Wildcats head coaches.
