Devin Cooper is entering his seventh season as an assistant coach for the Bobcat women's basketball program and 10th overall in Ellisville.
The Mount Olive native helps with all aspects of the program, including recruiting and working with post players.
Cooper has coached alongside Missy Bilderback for the past seven seasons, one as a student assistant, helping the Bobcats to an outstanding 172-29 (.856) overall record and 86-11 mark in conference play. He also coached two seasons under Sandra Sumrall.
Jones has won six consecutive division and region championships and has appeared in an unprecedented six straight NJCAA Division I National Tournaments, including three Sweet 16's, Elite Eight and the program's first Final Four during the 2021-22 season.
Cooper received his associate degree from Jones and finished up at Southern Mississippi in 2018 with a degree in general studies.
Cooper is also a certified barber stylist and has been cutting hair for nine years in Ellisville.
