Norman "Shorty" Cooper

2010-11 Women's Basketball Team

2022

/ Bulldog Club

Norman "Shorty" Cooper played football at Samford (then Howard College) from 1935 to 1936. He was named a Little All-American in 1936, and he was named to the All-Dixie Conference team in both 1935 and 1936. He was a key defensive player in Samford's famous 7-7 tie with Alabama in 1935. He played center for the Brooklyn Dodgers professional football team in 1936 and 1938. In 1939, he coached the freshman football team at Samford and from 1940-43 he coached football and basketball at Vanderbilt. After a World War II interlude, he went back to Vanderbilt and coached from 1946-47 before going to the University of Kansas in 1948 and LSU from 1949-52. He then retired from coaching to enter the business world. He was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1978.

Tuesday, October 20

Sunday, October 18

Thursday, October 15

Wednesday, October 14

Michael Pierce with 2026 Hall of Fame Plaque

Samford Athletics Officially Inducts 2026 Hall Of Fame Class

Saturday, April 25

Claire Harrison and Darcy Nicholls, Miss and Mr. Bulldog, 2026

Samford Athletics Holds Inaugural Gala

Thursday, April 23

Samford Athletics Giving Day Set For November 13, 2025

Wednesday, November 12

James Bradberry with 2025 Hall of Fame plaque

Samford Athletics Officially Inducts 2025 Hall Of Fame Class

Saturday, April 26

Norman "Shorty" Cooper - Samford Hall of Fame Members

Roster

Buddy Anderson

Billy Bancroft

Steve Barker

Walter Barnes

2012 Baseball Team

Cameron Bean

Craig Beard

Lauren Blankenship

Bobby Bowden

James Bradberry

John Brady

Wally Burnham