At Mississippi Valley State University, he unleashed a high-powered, pass-heavy offense that featured the future Pro Football Hall of Famer Jerry Rice. By Richard Sandomir Archie Cooley, the ...
Archie Cooley, the innovative Black college football coach whose offense helped Jerry Rice become a star at Mississippi Valley State, has died, his family announced through the school Thursday.
Archie “Gunslinger” Cooley has died at the age of 84. The HBCU football legend was known as an innovative playcaller whose offense helped spotlight Jerry Rice as a star before getting on the ...
Archie Cooley, the innovative Black college football coach whose offense helped Jerry Rice become a star at Mississippi ...
Former Jackson State football player Archie Cooley, who later went on to coach at Mississippi Valley State and an unknown wide receiver named Jerry Rice, died Thursday. He was 85. Cooley was known ...
Willie Totten called Jerry Rice to deliver the news Thursday morning, much like he had delivered so many passes to him four decades ago. “Good morning,” Totten began. “Hey, man, this is not ...
Archie Cooley, the exuberant architect of a passing-crazy offense at Mississippi Valley State University in the 1980s that featured wide receiver Jerry Rice, a future Pro Football Hall of Famer ...