Ben Davis Hires Brett Cooper

[BDGiant93]

BD hires Brett Cooper to lead the program. He's the 17th head football coach in Ben Davis history (18th if you count Bob Otolski who left for an IU assistant coaching job before ever coaching a game).

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/bloomington-north-coach-brett-cooper-032957831.html

[BDGiant93]

 

Here's the coaching rundown. Coach Cooper is the 17th BDHS head coach in the modern history of Ben Davis Football.

(Bob Otolski was hired in 1973, but he left before coaching a game for a job as one of Lee Corso's assistants at Indiana.)

Gold=Hall of Fame

Purple=Ben Davis Alumnus

1	Bert "Red" Haviland	15-29-4	1937-1942
2	Leo Lentz	0-7-0	1943
3	Chuck Stuckey	1-7-0	1944
4	Ralph Crock	7-23-2	1945-1948
5	Lou Parnell	31-26-1	1949-1955
6	John Masariu	11-17-0	1956-1958
7	Woody Baker	4-14-1	1959-1960
8	Trent Gipson	2-18-0	1961-1962
9	Bill McClain	19-48-3	1963-1969
10	Bob Britt	6-23-1	1970-1972
11	Bob Wilbur	59-53	1973-1983
12	Dick Dullaghan	213-42-0	1984-2003
13	Tom Allen	25-12-0	2004-2006
14	Mike Kirschner	95-36-0	2007-2017
15	Jason Simmons	31-28-0	2018-2022
16	Russ Mann	21-14-0	2023-2025
17	Brett Cooper	0-0-0	2026-

Edited February 10 by BDGiant93

[ptr]

Bloomington North can't seem to keep head coaches of late. Cooper was there for one year and had a record of 7-4, and before him, Anthony Lindsey was there for only one season and had a record of 8-3. Scott Bless was the head coach for several years there before that. They are headed for the Mid-State Conference next season and who will be at the helm is anyone's guess. 

 

Edited February 10 by ptr

[CWPRD67]

They dropped the ball low balling great candidates… disappointing 

[BOGO FL]

Real shame to see this as a Cougar football fan. It seemed like he was going to be at least a solid answer for at least a few years. Feels like they need to get someone in the role who really wants it and will stick with the team and the players. They need that consistency going into the Mid-State.