Quick Facts

Full Name	Ed Cooley
Occupation	Basketball Coach
Date Of Birth	Sep 10, 1969(1969-09-10)
Age	55
Birthplace	Providence
Country	United States
Birth City	Rhode Island
Horoscope	Virgo

Ed Cooley Biography

Ed Cooley is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Coach who was born on September 10, 1969 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Starting earning recognition in his final season at Fairfield University as head coach when he was named Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Coach of the Year. He then took over the head coaching position at Providence College.

He faced off against University of North Carolina head coach Roy Williams in the 2013-2014 NCAA Tournament second round, losing the game by two points.

Ed Cooley (born September 10, 1969) is an American college basketball coach and the current head coach of the Providence College Friars men’s basketball team. Cooley held the same position at Fairfield University from 2006 to 2011. He received the inaugural 2010 Ben Jobe National Coach of the Year Award, presented annually to the top minority men’s college basketball coach in the nation.

At Providence’s Central High School, Cooley played basketball and twice earned Rhode Island Player of the Year honors. After graduating in 1988, Cooley attended the New Hampton School in New Hampton, New Hampshire for a post- graduate year in 1988–1989. Matriculating to Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts, Cooley was required to take the SATs four times before the NCAA allowed him to play basketball there. He did not score high enough on his first two attempts, scored a 900 but was accused of cheating on his third test, and finally scored a 1390 on his fourth, supervised test.

He coached his hometown team as he was born in Providence, Rhode Island.

Ed Cooley Net Worth

Ed Cooley is one of the richest Basketball Coach from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ed Cooley 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He started as an assistant coach at UMass-Dartmouth in 1994 and held assistant positions at three other schools before landing the head position at Fairfield.

He led Providence to a victory in the Big East Tournament Championship and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament in the 2013-2014 season.

Cooley was born on September 10, 1969 in Providence, Rhode Island to Jane Cooley and Edward Smith. He was one of nine children by his mother in a family on welfare, living in the low-income South Providence neighborhood. However, he would later be taken in by neighbors Gloria and Eddie Searight, who provided Cooley with meals and a place to sleep.

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Who is Ed Cooley Dating?

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In his fourth season at Providence, Cooley led the Friars to a 22-12 record and went 11-7 in the Big East while finishing in sole possession of fourth place in the conference. Cooley received a boost by a dynamic recruiting class which included 3 composite Top 100 recruits (Paschal Chukwu, Jalen Lindsey, and Ben Bentil), as well as the return of Kris Dunn from his redshirt year due to his shoulder injury the season prior. Despite losing sharpshooter Josh Fortune as a result of transfer to the University of Colorado, Cooley gained the eligibility of transfer guard Junior Lomomba, who was forced to sit out the season before due to NCAA regulations. After beginning the season 5-0 (including an exciting 75-74 victory over Notre Dame in the championship game of the Hall of Fame Tip Off Tournament at Mohegan Sun), Providence was ranked

25 in the coaches poll, their first ranking since the 2003-2004 season. They

later debuted in the AP poll on February 23, and peaked as high as 23rd in the polls. The Friars run in the polls was aided greatly by co-Big East Player of the Year Kris Dunn, who averaged 15.6 ppg and 7.5 apg in his return season, while senior forward LaDontae Henton added 19.7 ppg. Both players were named to the 2014-2015 First Team All-Big East team. Once again, the Friars faced St. John’s in the first round of the Big East tournament, winning comfortably, before setting up a matchup against #4 Villanova in the second round of the tournament. Despite being heavy underdogs, Providence fought valiantly, only to be called for a controversial foul with 3.1 seconds left which led to two Ryan Arcidiacono free throws to seal a Villanova 63-61 victory. Villanova would later go on to win the Big East Tournament. As a result of its excellent season, Providence would be selected as a 6 seed in the 2015 NCAA Tournament East Region and faced the 11 seeded University of Dayton. Controversy again ensued for Ed Cooley’s Friars, as the site of the game would be played in Columbus, Ohio, just 80 miles from Dayton’s campus. Despite having qualified for the game two days before and being undersized, Dayton controlled the pace of play, and PC struggled after star guard Kris Dunn picked up 2 fouls in the first 2:42 of the game. After Providence cut the lead to 44-41 with 6:43 left, Dayton would go on a 14-4 run over the next 5:08 and go on to win comfortably 66-53 to end the Friars season. After the season, with star forward LaDontae Henton already graduating from the program, the other starting forward for the Friars, Tyler Harris, decided to explore a graduate season at the University of Auburn, and the Friars also lost highly regarded freshman Paschal Chukwu to Syracuse as a late transfer, a decision that surprised and confused Coach Cooley. After flirting with the NBA draft, Kris Dunn decided to return to Providence despite being considered a potential lottery pick in many NBA Draft projections.

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Ed Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Coach. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Ed Cooley celebrates birthday on September 10 of every year.

On March 22, 2011, Cooley returned to his hometown and the Big East, replacing Keno Davis as head coach at Providence College, becoming the 15th head coach in program history. Cooley began to reinvigorate the program by recruiting six consensus Top 100 recruits in his first three years.

Did Ed Cooley play basketball?

Cooley played basketball from 1990-94 at Stonehill College. He was a three-year team captain with the Chieftans, and also captured Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll accolades. He secured two Rhode Island High School Player of the Year awards before attending Stonehill College.

Who is Ed Cooley's wife?

Nurys Cooley

Who did Ed Cooley coach for?

Providence Friars men’s basketball

How many kids does Ed Cooley have?

Personal life. Cooley is married to Nurys Cooley. They have two children : Olivia and Isaiah.

How much is coach K's salary?

According to Duke’s federal tax filings, Krzyzewski was paid over $12.5 million in 2020-2021.