Stefan Cooper, Sports Editor - Blount Today's Department

About Stefan Cooper

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Biography

Stefan graduated from Alcoa High School so long ago, 1978, that Noah, the guy with the ark, was a point guard on the Tornado basketball team. After high school, Stefan spent eight years in the Navy, returning home to attend the University of Tennessee. In Knoxville, he spent four years with The Daily Beacon, the Tennessee student newspaper, where served as sports editor and news editor.

Beginning as a correspondent in 1992, Stefan spent 15 years with The Daily Times before joining the Blount Today staff. An avid cyclist, he has not owned an automobile since 1985, carrying out his Blount Today duties exclusively by bicycle. Woefully misguided, his favorite sports team is the New York Yankees. Stefan firmly believes former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Jack Lambert to be the greatest football player to ever live.

Position History

Sports Editor
10/10/2007 - current

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Coaching him up Published 09/01/2010 at 4:26 p.m.
Rob Daugherty is a man with all the bases covered. During the day, his son, Grant, is a student in his chemistry class at Alcoa High School. After school, the father and son pairing head to the golf course, where ...
Scots brace for another shootout with Hawks Published 09/01/2010 at 4:21 p.m.
So much for easing your way into the season. The Maryville College football team opens the 2010 season at Huntingdon College, Montgomery, Ala., on Saturday, and the Scots couldn’t have picked a more explosive opponent to begin the new campaign. ...
Powerball Published 08/25/2010 at 2:59 p.m.
It’s easy to forget it was 27-24 Alcoa with less than a minute to play in the third quarter. Maryville didn’t have the ball very much in what became a 41-24 loss to the Tornadoes last season at Goddard Field, ...
Ready to push back Published 08/18/2010 at 11:44 a.m.
You saw it in Rommel Hightower’s declining numbers. You saw it in the injuries to quarterbacks. Maryville College needed a bigger line. “It all starts up front,” sophomore Lane Dodson said. “If we can’t move the (opposing) linemen, if we ...
Better, stronger, faster Published 08/18/2010 at 11:43 a.m.
“The Six Million Dollar Man” went to high school there. Harvey Lee Yeary, a.k.a. actor Lee Majors, was a pretty good football player for the Middlesboro Yellow Jackets back in the 1950s. The future Col. Steve Austin was talented enough ...
Smoky Mountain showcase Published 08/11/2010 at 2:43 p.m.
The Smoky Mountain Athletic Conference championship could prove a close-run thing this season. Member teams made their 2010 debut at the Blount County Middle School Jamboree last Saturday morning at Heritage High School. The defending champion Maryville Middle Bulldogs got ...
Fan Day Fireworks Published 08/04/2010 at 5:05 p.m.
The state record for passing touchdowns in a season is 48. Just saying. Austin Tallant opened Tuesday’s inaugural maroon and white scrimmage with a quick, sideline strike to senior Steven Isom. One play later, the Alcoa quarterback went deep down ...
Media savvy MC Published 08/04/2010 at 5:04 p.m.
Division III football is nothing if not exciting. In seven seasons as head coach at Maryville College, Tony Ierulli has directed the Scots in 10 games that went to overtime. Two of them took four extra sessions to decide. All ...
‘Something to build on’ Published 08/04/2010 at 5:03 p.m.
Carl Stewart, Auburn. Cade Thompson, South Carolina. Aaron Douglas, Tyler Maples, University of Tennessee. Brent Burnett, Middle Tennessee State. Each was a Mr. Football winner at Maryville. Each had a lot to do with the Rebels’ “Decade of Excellence,” a ...
Late Night with the Mountaineers Published 07/29/2010 at 1:07 p.m.
At 12.01 a.m. Monday, the Heritage High School football team emerged from a tunnel beneath the stadium and strode out onto the game field. The lights were on. The cheerleaders were there. There were fans in the stands. By 12:15, ...