Rob Cooper steps down after 10 years as Penn State baseball head coach
Penn State baseball will have a new head coach for the first time in a decade. Rob Cooper will resign from the position after the team’s season ends this weekend, according to a news release.
In his 10 years with the program, Cooper won 197 games, including an appearance and a win in the 2022 Big Ten Tournament, the team’s first appearance in it since 2012. He had 12 players drafted in his time in charge, including catcher Matt Wood, who went in the fourth round of the 2022 MLB Draft.
Penn State athletic director Pat Kraft thanked Cooper for his time in charge in a statement Friday afternoon.
“We appreciate Rob Cooper for all he has done for the Penn State community these last 10 seasons,” Kraft said. “I have a tremendous amount of respect for Rob for not only the commitment he made to our baseball program, but also the way he represented Penn State University with class. I want to thank Rob, and wish him, his wife, Maureen, and his family nothing but the best in the future.”
The baseball team scuttled this season on its way to a 24-24 record overall and a 6-15 record in the Big Ten entering the team’s final two games against Maryland on Friday and Saturday.
