Former Southwest soccer player Nicole Daigle Cooper enters her third season as the Head Coach of the Lady Bears program. Her promotion to head coach came following a three-year run as an assistant coach for both the Bears and Lady Bears teams.
A graduate of Destrehan (LA) High School, Daigle Cooper played two years for the Lady Bears before receiving her Associate's degree in 2015. She was an Academic All-State honoree as a sophomore.
In her first season as assistant coach, 10 Lady Bears and seven Bears received conference academic awards, with some receiving national. The Lady Bears combined for a 3.22 team GPA. In her second year, the Bears combined for a 3.26 and the Lady Bears an impressive 3.41 GPA.
During her first year at the helm of the women's program, her Lady Bears finished with a team GPA of 3.34 while garnering 11 National Junior College Athletics Association Academic honors and 15 from the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference.
Daigle Cooper then spent 2015-17 at the University of the Southwest where she played for the Lady Mustangs and captained the team to an RRAC Tournament appearance before graduating in 2017 with a Bachelor's degree in Kinesiology. She also received the NAIA Character of Champions Award during her time as a Mustang.
Daigle Cooper is also actively working for a family business in Destrehan in addition to her duties as a head coach. She is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Human and Sports Performance from Delta State University. She is scheduled to graduate in the Fall of 2024.
She is married to fellow Lady Bear Soccer Coach Dalton Cooper.
