Rob Cooper

Rob Cooper is an American college baseball coach, most recently serving as the head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions baseball program. Cooper was appointed to the position of head coach prior to the start of the 2014 season. He resigned after the 2023 season. In August 2023, he joined the University of Miami baseball staff.

Early life Cooper played baseball at Sacramento City College for two years before transferring to the University of Miami for his final two years. He served as a student assistant coach at Miami in 1994 while finishing his degree. From 1990 to 1992, Cooper worked as a scout for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Coaching career Cooper earned a graduate assistant coach position at Miami for the 1995 season before moving to Wake Forest for the 1996 season. He then coached for two seasons at Tulane, where he helped lead the Green Wave to a conference regular season crown in 1997 and an NCAA berth in 1998. He then returned to Sacramento City College, serving as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for five seasons.

Cooper then served one season as an assistant at Oral Roberts before being named head coach at Wright State. In nine seasons, Cooper led the Raiders to seven 30-win seasons, two Horizon League and three Horizon League baseball tournament championships, and three NCAA Division I Baseball Championship appearances. In August 2023, he was named as director of program development for the University of Miami baseball team.

On June 3, 2025, Cooper was announced as a coach for the United States national under-18 baseball team's development program in Cary, North Carolina. In 2026, Cooper was named head coach of the Cotuit Kettleers, a collegiate summer baseball team in the Cape Cod Baseball League.

Head coaching record This table shows Cooper's record as a head coach at the Division I level.