Jon Cooper

Jon Cooper (born August 23, 1967) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach. Cooper is the current head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League.
==United States Hockey League==
Cooper was the coach of the United States Hockey League (USHL)'s Green Bay Gamblers starting in 2008. He led the team in 2008-9 and 2009-10 to a record of 84-27-9. In 2010, the team won the Clark Cup for the league's championship. 
==American Hockey League==
In 2010, Cooper was hired by the Tampa Bay Lightning to coach the Norfolk Admirals, the Lightning's AHL affiliate. During the 2011-12 season, the Admirals won the Calder Cup as the AHL's champions. Cooper won the 2012 Louis A. R. Pieri Memorial Award as the AHL's most outstanding head coach.
For the 2012–13 season, Cooper became the head coach of the Syracuse Crunch, after the Lightning changed their AHL affiliation. In 65 games with the Crunch, Cooper led the team to a 39–18–3–5 record, the best in the AHL at the time of his promotion.
==National Hockey League==
On March 25, 2013, following the dismissal of Guy Boucher, the Tampa Bay Lightning announced that Cooper would become the eighth head coach in franchise history.
==Personal==
Cooper was born in Prince George, British Columbia. He played high school hockey at Notre Dame in Wilcox, Saskatchewan. He then moved to Hofstra University in the Village of Hempstead, New York, where he played four years of Division I lacrosse, and one year of hockey. He earned a law degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan. Prior to his career as a hockey coach, Cooper served as a public defender. Cooper started playing hockey again while attending law school, ultimately leading to Cooper's first experience coaching hockey at Lansing Catholic Central High School. Cooper would eventually land a job with the St. Louis Bandits of the NAHL, which would in turn lead to other coaching positions.
Cooper is a dual citizen of the United States and Canada. Cooper's mother was American, while his father was Canadian. Cooper and his wife Jessie have two twin daughters (Julia and Josephine) and a son (Jonathan).
==NHL coaching record==
Team 	Year 	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Post Season 	Post Season	Post Season	Post Season
Team 	Year 	Games 	Won 	Lost 	OTL 	Points 	Finish 	Won 	Lost 	Result
TB 	2012-13	16 	5 	8 	3 	(13) 	4th in Southeast Division	- 	- 	Missed Playoffs
TB 	2013-14	82 	46 	27 	9 	101 	2nd in Atlantic Division 	0 	4 	Lost in first round
Total	Total 	82 	51 	35 	12 	.593 	0 DivisionChampionships 	0 	4 	0 Stanley Cups
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Category:Born in 1967
Category:Norfolk Admirals
Category:Syracuse Crunch
Category:Tampa Bay Lightning coaches