Jon Cooper Biography

Jon Cooper is a Canadian-American professional ice hockey coach who is the head coach for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Jon Cooper Age

Jon Cooper was born on August 23, 1967, in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. He is 51 years old as of 2018.

Jon Cooper Net worth

Jon Cooper earns his income from his businesses and from other related organizations. He also earns his income from his work as a professional ice hockey coach. He has an estimated net worth of $ 10 million dollars.

Jon Cooper Wife

Jon Cooper is married to Jessie Cooper. They were blessed with three children Josephine Cooper (daughter), Julia Cooper (daughter) and Jonathan Cooper (son).

Jon Cooper Family

Jon Cooper was born in Prince George, Canada to Bob Cooper (father) and Christine Cooper (mother)

Jon Cooper Coaching career

Metro Jets

Jon Cooper began his coaching career in junior hockey as an assistant with the Capital Centre Pride of the North American Hockey League. At that time the Pride was working closely with the Metro Jets of the Central States Hockey League (now North American 3 Hockey League).

The Jets owner and Governor, Butch Wolfe, gave Cooper his first chance as a head coach with the Jets. During the 2001–02 season, Cooper led the Jets to the Silver Cup – the USA Hockey National Junior B Championship.

Jon Cooper Texarkana Bandits/St. Louis Bandits

In 2003, Jon Cooper returned to the North American Hockey League (NAHL) to coach the expansion Texarkana Bandits. In 2004–05 he was named the NAHL Coach of the Year. Cooper continued with the Bandits franchise when it relocated to St. Louis in 2006–07.

During the 2006–07 season, the Bandits captured the Robertson Cup as league champion. The following season the Bandits would once again capture the Robertson Cup. Additionally, He won his second NAHL Coach of the Year that season. Cooper spent a total of five seasons coaching in the NAHL before moving on to coach the Green Bay Gamblers of the United States Hockey League.

Jon Cooper Green Bay Gamblers

Cooper was the coach of the United States Hockey League (USHL)’s Green Bay Gamblers starting in 2008. He led the team in 2008–09 and 2009–10 to a record of 84–27–9. In 2010, the team won the Clark Cup for the League’s championship.

Jon Cooper Norfolk Admirals/Syracuse Crunch

In 2010, Cooper was hired by the Tampa Bay Lightning to coach the Norfolk Admirals, the team’s American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate. During the 2011–12 season, the Admirals won the Calder Cup as the AHL’s champions.

The Admirals also set the record for the longest regular-season winning streak at 28 games in a row. Additionally, 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.

Jon Cooper Tampa Bay Lightning

On March 25, 2013, following the dismissal of Head Coach Guy Boucher, the Tampa Bay Lightning announced Cooper would become the eighth head coach in franchise history. He led the Tampa Light to their best season in franchise history in points (108) and wins (50), Cooper coached the Tampa Bay Lightning to their second Prince of Wales Trophy as the Eastern Conference Champion.

The Lightning lost to the Chicago Blackhawks in six games in the 2015 Stanley Cup Final. On March 22, 2016, he recorded his 143rd win as the Lightning’s head coach. The win moved Cooper past Terry Crisp for 2nd all-time in wins in franchise history.

On November 8, 2017, he was recorded number 20 as head coach of the Lightning. He then joined John Tortorella as the only coaches in franchise history to record 200 wins. On January 7, 2018, Cooper was named as head coach of the Atlantic Division for the 63rd National Hockey League All-Star Game, which was played at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida.

The selection was because the Lightning was the team with the highest points percentage in the Atlantic Division. On March 30, 2018, he recorded his 240th career on NHL win against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden. His win moved him past John Tortorella for most wins in franchise history. On January 5, 2019, he was named to the 2019 National Hockey League All-Star Game.

This was Cooper’s second consecutive selection to the NHL All-Star game. On March 18, 2019, Cooper coached the Lightning to their first Presidents’ Trophy in franchise history with a victory over the visiting Arizona Coyotes at Amalie Arena.

On March 21, 2019, Cooper recorded his 300th career NHL win in a 6–3 Lightning win over the Carolina Hurricanes at PNC Arena. On March 26, 2019, Cooper signed a multi-year contract extension to remain as the head coach of the Lightning.

On April 1, 2019, Cooper coached the Lightning to their 60th win of the season. With the win, the Lightning became only the 3rd team in NHL history to reach the mark and Cooper became the 2nd coach in NHL history to reach the mark.

Jon Cooper International

On November 13, 2015, Team North America general manager, Peter Chiarelli, named Cooper as an assistant coach for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. Cooper then served as an assistant coach with Peter DeBoer, Dave Tippett, and Jay Woodcroft under Team North America head coach Todd McLellan.

On April 11, 2017, Hockey Canada named Cooper as the head coach of Canada’s men’s national ice hockey team for the 2017 IIHF World Championship tournament. Cooper was joined by assistant coaches Gerard Gallant, Dave Hakstol, and Dave King. On May 21, 2017, Cooper coached Team Canada to a silver medal. Team Canada lost to Team Sweden 2–1 in a shootout.

Jon Cooper Contract extension

Jon Cooper agrees on signing a multiyear contract to remain coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning. He is the longest-serving coach for Tampa bay lightning who guided it to the Presidents’ Trophy in its season. Tampa Bay is the fourth team in NHL history to win at least 59 games, joining the 1977-78 Montreal Canadiens (59), 1976-77 Canadiens (60) and 1995-96 Detroit Red Wings (62).

Tampa Bay managers said that he is very pleased to announce Jon’s extension” Lightning general manager Julien BriseBois said. “His ability to forge impactful relationships with everyone from players to staff has been a trademark of his tenure with the organization and he is the absolute best coach for our hockey team.

“[His] ability to develop a strong culture while continually adapting has been a big part of the team’s success. He has helped set high standards for our organization with his unrelenting drive for excellence. I would like to thank [him] and his family for their continuous commitment to the organization, as well as to the Tampa Bay community, and I look forward to working in partnership with Jon for years to come.”

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