Wright State baseball coach appears on “Oprah’s Lifeclass” show

((Contributed by Wright State Sports Information))

Wright State Head Baseball Coach Rob Cooper will be a guest on Oprah Winfrey’s cable television show “Oprah’s Lifeclass.”

Wright State baseball coach Rob Cooper appeared on Oprah’s Lifeclass Wednesday night on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN).

Cooper discussed his practice of having his baseball players read a book in the off season that drives them to become more than baseball players.  He talked about the book The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch.  Pausch tells his personal story, a college professor at Carnegie Mellon University, as he approached his final lecture as an educator.

“It was a great honor to have the chance to discuss Randy Pausch and his book with the people at Harpo Studios in Chicago,” Cooper said.  “I hope others take the opportunity to read this book.”

Cooper, in his eighth season at Wright State next spring, had his team read this book as they prepared for the 2009 season in which they won the Horizon League and advanced to the NCAA Tournament.  His Raiders have played in three NCAA Tournaments in seven seasons.