Elmer C. "Ken" Cooper Jr. (October 12, 1936 – May 30, 2017) was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the

University of Mississippi The University of Mississippi (byname Ole Miss) is a public research university that is located adjacent to Oxford, Mississippi, and has a medical center in Jackson. It is Mississippi's oldest public university and its largest by enrollment. ...

from 1974 to 1977, compiling a record of 21–23. Cooper was named the SEC Coach of the Year in 1975. Cooper died on May 30, 2017 at his home in

Skidaway Island, Georgia Skidaway Island is a barrier island and census-designated place (CDP) in Chatham County, Georgia, United States. The population was 9,310 at the 2020 census. An affluent community located south of Savannah, Skidaway Island is known for its waterf ...

Head coaching record

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