<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Michael Cooper, who coached the Los Angeles Sparks to two WNBA championships, is leaving to become an assistant coach with the NBA's Denver Nuggets. Nuggets spokesman Eric Sebastian confirmed Tuesday that Cooper, a former standout player and assistant coach with the Los Angeles Lakers, will fill one of two vacancies on the coaching staff. T.R. Dunn left to join the Sacramento Kings and John MacLeod resigned to check out head-coaching opportunities. Cooper, who also starred at New Mexico and lived for a time in Corrales, N.M., will coach the Sparks in their three games this week before leaving the job in the hands of assistants Karleen Thompson and Ryan Weisenberg. "The success we've had with the Sparks has led to this opportunity," Cooper said. "This is a great opportunity for me. The timing is just right. To come back (to the NBA) is very gratifying for me."</div> http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=wnba&id=1835336 I sincerly hope this will eventually lead Coop to a head coaching job in the NBA...
This should be a pretty good thing for the Nuggets. Coop was a great coach in the WNBA and a great player in his time. This should help the Nuggets a tremendous amount to have him on the coaching staff.
