Marty Cooper

Marty Cooper

  • Year:
    2022
  • Sport:
    Men's Basketball Coach

Marty Cooper served as the head basketball coach at ICC from 1998-2012 before he retired from coaching and continued as a faculty member. 

He coached his team to four league titles and won the league, state and region in 2008, which was ICC's first in more than 35 years. He is the only coach in ICC's history to take a team to the national tournament in Hutchinson, Kan., and he did it three times (2002, 2007, 2008).

He was named MACJC Coach of the Year in 2008 and NJCAA Region 23 Coach of the Year three times. His overall community college coaching record was 368-219.                

Cooper also coached at East Central Community College where he guided his team to the state championship in 1993. 

He is currently the boys' basketball coach at Belgreen, Ala., where his teams have been area champions (3 years), region champions (2021) and state runner-up in 2021, the first team in school history to accomplish this level since 1994. His cumulative coaching record is 447-233. 

Cooper and his wife, Jennifer, who served as his assistant coach at both ICC and East Central as well as a natural science instructor, have one daughter, McKenzie.