Thunderbirds after coaching them to the National Basketball Association D- League Championship in 2006. Return to Sparks (2007–2009) Cooper then returned to coaching in the WNBA as head coach of the Los Angeles Sparks. USC Trojans' women's basketball team (2009–2013) In May 2009, Cooper was named head coach of the University of Southern California's Women of Troy Basketball Team. He quit in 2013 after USC went 11–20 and finished seventh in the Pac-12 Conference with a 7–11 record. He was 72–57 overall at USC. Atlanta Dream (2014–2017) In November 2013, Cooper was hired by the Atlanta Dream as head coach. His contract was not renewed by Atlanta after an 11–22 season in 2017. Chadwick (2019–2021) In 2018, Cooper signed on to coach 3's Company of the Big3 League. In 2019, Cooper was named the boys varsity coach at Chadwick School in the Palos Verdes Peninsula of Los Angeles County. Culver City (2021–present) Cooper became the head coach at Culver City High School on September 8, 2021. Head coaching record NBA |- | style="text-align:left;"|Denver | style="text-align:left;"| |14||4||10|||| align="center"|(interim)|||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|— |- class="sortbottom" | align="center" colspan="2"|Career |14||4||10|||| ||—||—||—||—|| WNBA |- | style="text-align:left;"|Los Angeles | style="text-align:left;"|2000 |32||28||4|||| align="center"|1st in Western|||4||2||2|| | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in Conference Finals |- ! style="background:#FDE910;" | style="text-align:left;"|Los Angeles | style="text-align:left;"|2001 |32||28||4|||| align="center"|1st in Western|||7||6||1|| | style="text-align:center;"|Won WNBA Championship |- ! style="background:#FDE910;" | style="text-align:left;"|Los Angeles | style="text-align:left;"|2002 |32||25||7|||| align="center"|1st in Western|||6||6||0|| | style="text-align:center;"|Won WNBA Championship |- | style="text-align:left;"|Los Angeles | style="text-align:left;"|2003 |34||24||10|||| align="center"|1st in Western|||9||5||4|| | style="text-align:center;"|Lost WNBA Finals |- |- | style="text-align:left;"|Los Angeles | style="text-align:left;"|2004 |20||14||6|||| align="center"|(resigned)|||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|— |- | style="text-align:left;"|Los Angeles | style="text-align:left;"|2007 |34||10||24|||| align="center"|6th in Western|||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|— |- | style="text-align:left;"|Los Angeles | style="text-align:left;"|2008 |34||20||14|||| align="center"|3rd in Western|||6||3||3|| | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in Conference Finals |- | style="text-align:left;"|Los Angeles | style="text-align:left;"|2009 |34||18||16|||| align="center"|3rd in Western|||6||3||3|| | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in Conference Finals |- | style="text-align:left;"|Atlanta | style="text-align:left;"|2014 |34||19||15|||| align="center"|1st in Eastern|||3||1||2|| | style="text-align:center;"|Lost First Round |- | style="text-align:left;"|Atlanta | style="text-align:left;"|2015 |34||15||19|||| align="center"|5th in Eastern|||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|— |- | style="text-align:left;"|Atlanta | style="text-align:left;"|2016 |34||17||17|||| align="center"|4th in Eastern|||2||1||1|| | style="text-align:center;"|Lost Second Round |- | style="text-align:left;"|Atlanta | style="text-align:left;"|2017 |34||12||22|||| align="center"|5th in Eastern|||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|— |- class="sortbottom" | align="center" colspan="2"|Career |388||230||158|||| ||43||27||16|||| D-League |-! style="background:#FDE910;" | style="text-align:left;"|Albuquerque | style="text-align:left;"|2005–06 |48||26||22|||| align="center"|2nd|||2||2||0|| | style="text-align:center;"|Won D-League Championship |- | style="text-align:left;"|Albuquerque | style="text-align:left;"|2006–07 |50||24||26|||| align="center"|3rd in Western|||1||0||1|| | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in First Round |- class="sortbottom" | align="center" colspan="2"|Career |98||50||48|||| ||2||2||1|| College NBA career statistics Regular season |- | style="text-align:left;"| |