Chuck Cooper is leaving his position as head baseball coach at Jackson Christian School to become the head baseball coach at Scotts Hill High School.
Under Cooper, the Eagles appeared in the TSSAA state championship game four times and won two titles – 2008 & 2014.
Coach Cooper grew up in Oxford, Mississippi and lettered in baseball, football, and track at Oxford High School where he graduated in 1997 as Class Vice-President.
He continued his baseball career as a catcher for Freed-Hardeman University for the next three years until an elbow injury forced him to be a student-assistant coach his senior year. He graduated from FHU in May of 2001 with a B.S. in Physical Education and minors in Biology and Bible.
Chuck got his first coaching job at Union University under Andy Rushing in 2001 and completed his M.Ed from Union in 2004. During his time at Union he helped coach the Bulldogs to a Transouth Conference Championship in 2002, where they were ranked 4th in the country.
