Head coach Keith Cooper

Keith Cooper begins his fifth season as Head Coach at Saint Martin’s. Cooper is no stranger to the Great Northwest Athletic Conference having spent a season as Jeff Hironaka’s top assistant at Seattle Pacific and the two previous seasons in the same capacity at Central Washington.  Cooper, who has over 18 years coaching experience, started out as an assistant coach at Juanita High School under former Central Washington Head Coach Gil Coleman.  Cooper was then assistant at Shoreline Community College for two seasons.  From there he went on to Pacific Lutheran University, where he served as assistant coach to Bruce Haroldson for four years.

Cooper got his first head-coaching job at Decatur High School in 1995.  In five seasons as their head coach he guided the Gators to five post-season appearances, finishing with a 75-54 overall record.  Decatur appeared in three 4A state tournaments under Cooper, finishing second in state in 1996.  Also in 1996 Decatur won the West Central District Championship.  Cooper was named “All Area” Coach of the year in 1999.  He played college basketball at College of the Siskiyous and Tacoma CC.

Cooper graduated from Morton High School in 1982, where he was a four-year letterman and three time All Conference basketball player.  He earned his AA degree from Tacoma CC, a Social Studies Education degree from Seattle Pacific and a Masters in Athletic Administration from Pacific Lutheran in 1993.  He and his wife Linda (an All American basketball player at Seattle Pacific) have been married since August 1989.  They are the proud parents of one son, Keith Owen, who was born May 24, 2001 and his best friend an nine year old chocolate lab named Eddie Bow Wow.

Assistant coach Dan Barfoot

Dan is in his fourth season at Saint Martin's University, after spending the prior two seasons as an assistant at Seattle Pacific. During Dan’s first season at Seattle Pacific he worked alongside Coach Cooper. Coach Barfoot served as an intern with the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association. He graduated with a Sport Management degree from Washington State, where he also served as a manager for the men’s basketball team. He recently completed his Master’s Degree in Sport and Exercise Leadership at Seattle Pacific.