In April 2025, Jason Cooper became the first head coach at Frenship Memorial High School, where he leads the Panthers and is establishing a culture of excellence and championship standards.

Cooper previously served as the 14th head coach of the Wayland Baptist Flying Queens, beginning in June 2021. A native of Crandall, Texas, he was already familiar with the program. As a WBU Pioneers standout from 1997–99, he earned All-Sooner Athletic Conference and NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors, and received the Roscoe Snyder Award as the university’s most outstanding male athlete. After his playing career, he coached as a graduate assistant and later as an assistant coach for the Flying Queens alongside his sister-in-law, Johnna Pointer. Cooper earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Wayland, where his wife, Amanda, and their child, Jenna, also graduated. They also have a son, Johnathan, who is a Junior in High School.

After his early years with the Queens, Cooper became a successful high school coach. As head coach at Cotton Center, Olton, Sudan, Amarillo Tascosa, Claude, and Wayland Baptist University, he amassed 516 career victories. His teams have always qualified for the postseason at both the high school and collegiate levels, winning eight district titles, eight regional tournament appearances, three regional championships, three state tournament berths, and a state championship at Sudan in 2009. That season, he was named Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Coach of the Year, one of many honors in his career.

At the collegiate level, Cooper led the Flying Queens to four straight NAIA National Tournament appearances, averaging 26 wins per season. His teams won multiple conference and tournament championships, reached the NAIA Round of 16, and achieved a 33-win season in 2021–22, the program’s highest total in 47 years. Under his leadership, the Queens produced nine NAIA All-Americans, broke eight program records, and achieved one of the highest national tournament winning percentages in program history. His coaching honors include South Plains Coach of the Year (2008, 2009), TABC and TGCA Coach of the Year (2009), Amarillo Globe News Coach of the Year (2018), and NCCAA South Region National Coach of the Year (2024–25).