Michael Jerome Cooper is an American basketball coach and former player. He was most recently the head coach of the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Prior to joining Atlanta, he coached women's college basketball with the USC Trojans.[1] A former player in the National Basketball Association (NBA), Cooper won five NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers during their Showtime era. He has also coached in the NBA, WNBA, and the NBA Development League.[2] Cooper is the only person to win a championship, as either a coach or a player, in the NBA, WNBA, and the NBA D-League.[3]