Head Coach: Chuck Cooper
 

Coach Cooper is entering his second season as the Head Coach of Jackson Christian Baseball.  This is his 5^th year at Jackson Christian School where he is also the Special Team Coordinator and Secondary Coach for the Football team.  During the last four seasons at JCS the teams have a combined 123-47 record and three straight District Championships 2006 - 2008.  This includes a 33-13 record in 2007 where the Eagles claimed a State Runner-up finish in the TSSAA Class 1A State Tournament in Cooper’s first season as Associate Head Coach and a 33-11 record and State Championship in 2008 as his first year as the Head Coach.  "I'm proud of the tradition of this program," says Cooper. "It is great to work with players who know how to win and want to get better everyday."

Chuck 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 season 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 MAEd 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 4^th in the country.  Chuck married the former Dawn Holmes of Jackson (JCS Class of 1998) in June of 2001 and they are the proud new parents of Kenzie Elizabeth who was born February 17, 2007.  “I’m looking forward to the challenges of this season,” says Cooper.  “I love coaching baseball for so many different reasons, but I hope that if my players don’t learn anything else from me they learn to be accountable for their actions and to live in a way that would make God proud because Jesus died for them.”