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My Take
Michael Cooper is my kind of legend, the player who wins by doing the work nobody puts on a highlight reel. While the Showtime Lakers dazzled, Coop quietly erased the other team's best perimeter threat, collecting a Defensive Player of the Year award and a stack of All-Defensive honors that mean more to me than any scoring title. Five championships beside Magic Johnson, then a Coach of the Year run in the WNBA, prove his basketball mind ran as deep as his defense. I love writing about figures like him because defense is devotion, and his career is a quiet masterclass in it.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Michael Cooper
- Name (Japanese)
- マイケル・クーパー
- Reading
- まいける・くーぱー
- Born
- April 15, 1956 (age 70)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Monkey
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 196 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- basketball player / basketball coach / screenwriter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Pasadena High School
- University
- University of New Mexico
Awards & achievements
- WNBA Coach of the Year Award
- 1982 NBA All-Defensive Team
- 1984 NBA All-Defensive Team
- 1985 NBA All-Defensive Team
- 1986 J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award
- 1987 NBA All-Defensive Team
- 1987 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award
- 1988 NBA All-Defensive Team
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Michael Cooper born?
Born April 15, 1956 (age 70).
Where is Michael Cooper from?
Michael Cooper is from Los Angeles, California, United States.
What does Michael Cooper do?
Michael Cooper works as basketball player, basketball coach, screenwriter.
How tall is Michael Cooper?
Michael Cooper is 196 cm.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-20
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.