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Long Island University hires Ron Cooper as football coach | |
BROOKVILLE, N.Y. (AP) Long Island University has hired veteran coach Ron Cooper, who spent this season working for Alabama, to lead its football program. Cooper, a former head coach at Louisville and defensive coach at multiple SEC schools, spent this season as an analyst for Nick Saban's program that plays Georgia on Monday in the national championship game. He was hired Tuesday. Cooper's Louisville team led the nation in takeaways and was ninth in the nation in scoring defense in 1995. He has also been the head coach at Eastern Michigan, Alabama A&M and Florida International, and was the defensive backs coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for one season. MORE | |
| Leaders | |||||
| Passing Yards: | C. Orth | 1665 | |||
| Passing TDs: | C. Orth | 10 | |||
| Rushing Yards: | J. DeBique | 590 | |||
| Rushing TDs: | J. DeBique | 4 | |||
| Receiving Yards: | O. Glascoe | 555 | |||
| Receiving TDs: | D. Eugene | 5 | |||
| Interceptions: | None | ||||
| Schedule 2021 | ||||
| Date | Opponent | Result / Time | ||
| 9/2 | at FIU | L 10 - 48 | ||
| 9/11 | at West Virginia | L 0 - 66 | ||
| 9/18 | at Miami (OH) | L 7 - 42 | ||
| 10/9 | at Saint Francis U | L 10 - 55 | ||
| 10/16 | vs. Merrimack | L 5 - 43 | ||
| 10/23 | at Central Connecticut State | W 30 - 13 | ||
| 10/30 | vs. Wagner | W 28 - 14 | ||
| 11/6 | vs. Duquesne | L 28 - 34 | ||
| 11/13 | at Bryant | L 7 - 52 | ||
| 11/20 | vs. Sacred Heart | L 14 - 38 | ||
| Northeast | ||||||||||||
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||
| Sacred Heart | 6-1 | 8-4 | ||||||||||
| Duquesne | 5-2 | 7-3 | ||||||||||
| Bryant | 5-2 | 7-4 | ||||||||||
| Central Connecticut State | 4-3 | 4-7 | ||||||||||
| St. Francis (PA) | 4-3 | 5-6 | ||||||||||
| Merrimack | 2-5 | 5-6 | ||||||||||
| LIU-C.W. Post | 2-5 | 2-8 | ||||||||||
| Wagner | 0-7 | 0-11 | ||||||||||
| Offense (FCS Rank) | |||||
| Yards: | 2703 (115) | ||||
| Passing Yards: | 1663 (106) | ||||
| Rushing Yards: | 1040 (106) | ||||
| Points per game: | 13.9 (115) | ||||
| Yards per game: | 270.3 (112) | ||||
| Touchdowns: | 17 (117) | ||||
| Field Goals: | 6 (97) | ||||
| Defense (FCS Rank) | |||||
| Yards: | 4442 (81) | ||||
| Passing Yards: | 2401 (55) | ||||
| Rushing Yards: | 2041 (97) | ||||
| Points per game: | 40.5 (115) | ||||
| Yards per game: | 444.2 (105) | ||||
| Touchdowns: | 50 (107) | ||||
| Field Goals: | 11 (71) | ||||
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