Jonathan Cooley is in his first season with the Mocs as the defensive backs coach. He spent the 2016 season as a defensive graduate assistant at Kentucky.
A native of Columbus, Ohio, Cooley spent two seasons as the secondary coach at John Carroll University where he was a part of Tom Arth’s staff. The Blue Streaks’ defense finished in the top five nationally both seasons, including a No. 1 ranking in 2013.
Cooley also coached safeties and was the equipment manager for Bluffton University (Bluffton, Ohio) in 2012. He was the defensive backs coach and assistant special teams coordinator at Millikin University (Decatur, Ill.) in 2011.
A a four-year letter winner and three-year starter at John Carroll, Cooley finished in the top 10 all time in career pass breakups. He was elected as a Unity Council Member all four years of his collegiate career and earned his bachelor’s degree in Finance in 2011. He also earned an MBA in 2014 and completed work towards a second master’s degree in Sport Leadership at Kentucky.
