Former White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper, who led a World Series-winning rotation, dies at age 70
Former Chicago White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper has died at age 70. Cooper led the team's pitching rotation during their 2005 World Series championship and served as the major-league coach from 2002 to 2020. His coaching career with the organization began in 1988 after he played four seasons as a major-league pitcher.
Former longtime White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper has died at the age of 70, the team confirmed.Cooper pitched for four major-league seasons, and began his second career as a Single-A pitching coach in the White Sox organization in 1988. But a midyear promotion to the major-league job in 2002 kicked off one of the most productive coaching runs in White Sox history.“I will always believe him to be one of the best pitching coaches the game has seen,” former White Sox executive Ken Williams said…
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