A complaint has been filed against the Varsity head coach at Cooper High School.  I understand that a petition with 60 complaints by former players and parents has been given to the Superintendent and Cooper leadership.  Cooper has won 4 district championships since the school opened and no regional championships.  Cooper has lost 112 out of 143 games played in the 9th Region since the school opened.  My understanding is some complaints consist of the following:

• Making a JV player work the scoreboard/stats at a tournament all weekend and no playing time compared to her fellow teammates.
• Favoritism of the niece of the head coach.  She is an 8th grade student who started Varsity as the setter this year.
• Favoritism of the head principal's daughter playing in rotation.
• General mistreatment of players over the years as successful players decided to not play for her after poor treatment.
  • One example is after the opening round district loss in 2022, the last winning season.  After they were upset by Conner, the head coach effectively dressed them down in a negative manner and left the locker room after the game.

Based on her behavior it appears there has been no accountability in the way she leads her program.  A few complaints can be expected, but 60 existing and former player and parent complaints cannot be overlooked.  It is interesting that her behavior and overall lack of success can be overlooked and not held to account while the former head basketball coach can be fired with such strong support from his player base and parents.  I would hope that a change will be coming to Cooper women's volleyball in the future.

Holy cow, this is big news. Cooper has fallen so far from where they were in 2015-2019 or so. Granted they aren’t getting the same type of players they used to get. I don’t have any ties to the program or have any inside knowledge at all. But the narrative and rumors about Cooper volleyball have been flying around NKY for some time. 

Truly stunning turn of events....

Football, basketball and now volleyball what's going on at Cooper?

Why am I not surprised? Entitled parents thinking their kid is the best thing since sliced bread. Maybe the 8th grader was a better player than the girl she started over. Maybe the head principal's daughter was better than the girl she played in front of. Good grief. I hope the superintendent looks at this and laughs. 

She "undressed" her team in the locker room? Go into any high school competitive sport locker room when a team plays bad. It is a part of life. As long as there were no personal insults, quit being soft and get better

 

On 11/10/2025 at 11:18 AM, Strivefor9 said:

A complaint has been filed against the Varsity head coach at Cooper High School.  I understand that a petition with 60 complaints by former players and parents has been given to the Superintendent and Cooper leadership.  Cooper has won 4 district championships since the school opened and no regional championships.  Cooper has lost 112 out of 143 games played in the 9th Region since the school opened.  My understanding is some complaints consist of the following:

• Making a JV player work the scoreboard/stats at a tournament all weekend and no playing time compared to her fellow teammates.
• Favoritism of the niece of the head coach.  She is an 8th grade student who started Varsity as the setter this year.
• Favoritism of the head principal's daughter playing in rotation.
• General mistreatment of players over the years as successful players decided to not play for her after poor treatment.
  • One example is after the opening round district loss in 2022, the last winning season.  After they were upset by Conner, the head coach effectively dressed them down in a negative manner and left the locker room after the game.

Based on her behavior it appears there has been no accountability in the way she leads her program.  A few complaints can be expected, but 60 existing and former player and parent complaints cannot be overlooked.  It is interesting that her behavior and overall lack of success can be overlooked and not held to account while the former head basketball coach can be fired with such strong support from his player base and parents.  I would hope that a change will be coming to Cooper women's volleyball in the future.

How does one force a player to work the scoreboard.  If this is a situation where the player worked and it was their team (so the player was a member of the JV team and was made to work the scoreboard for JV games and keep stats and not dress for your own team well then I put that in the category of we are all asked to do things we don't want to do as a member of a team or a work place.  Called minor sacrifices). As I am reading that line and how you have that worded my interpretation is that the player worked the scoreboard but then did not get rewarded with playing time.  Well that certainly shows no favoritism. 

I don't care what grade someone is in or who they are related to if they are better than they play.  Plus nobody is in practice to see practice habits. That is coaches decision and no administrator should address playing time.  Very simply put "Its the coaches decision based on their evaluation. Playing time will not be discussed."

That brings us to "general mistreatment of players." My assumption is that there are specific examples of individual mistreatment. Obviously if indeed there is something to this than the administration has to address it.

Dressing down the entire team unless extreme language was used or items thrown at players like a clipboard well then you may not like it but is part of it. Plus if it was really that egregious it would have surfaced sooner than 3 years down the road.

 

 

25 minutes ago, cincyswords said:

How does one force a player to work the scoreboard.  If this is a situation where the player worked and it was their team (so the player was a member of the JV team and was made to work the scoreboard for JV games and keep stats and not dress for your own team well then I put that in the category of we are all asked to do things we don't want to do as a member of a team or a work place.  Called minor sacrifices). As I am reading that line and how you have that worded my interpretation is that the player worked the scoreboard but then did not get rewarded with playing time.  Well that certainly shows no favoritism. 

I don't care what grade someone is in or who they are related to if they are better than they play.  Plus nobody is in practice to see practice habits. That is coaches decision and no administrator should address playing time.  Very simply put "Its the coaches decision based on their evaluation. Playing time will not be discussed."

That brings us to "general mistreatment of players." My assumption is that there are specific examples of individual mistreatment. Obviously if indeed there is something to this than the administration has to address it.

Dressing down the entire team unless extreme language was used or items thrown at players like a clipboard well then you may not like it but is part of it. Plus if it was really that egregious it would have surfaced sooner than 3 years down the road.

 

 

Couldn't agree more with what you posted. I would like to add, as a former coach myself this is why you see coaches RUNNING away from the profession. They take time out of their lives, away from their own families, to try and build a program and build up young adults while making pennies on the dollar for it. The reward for that is a bunch of spoiled kids and parents that want to have a coach fired that they don't like. 

I don't want to say too much because I don't know the specifics and don't know anything about how that program has been run, but if this turns into nothing more than a witch hunt because some kids and parents got their feelings hurt then shame on them. 

In terms of the JV player, my understanding is this young lady was asked to work the scoreboard for the entire weekend tournament and was the only one that had to do so.  In the past, players rotated working the scorer's table.  This is only what I am hearing, so maybe she was in the doghouse with the coach.

In terms of the niece starting JV the year prior and varsity her 8th grade year, these are often very rare circumstances.  In my opinion, I don't think a school the size of Cooper didn't have other more experienced options for success.  They have lost 78% of district and regional games in the school's history, so this isn't a far fetch.

The principal's daughter playing was fairly obvious if you witnessed any of the games.  Once again at the coach's discretion but three straight losing seasons isn't a far fetch either.

Now, onto the 2022 situation.  In my opinion, at the end of the season, you have to talk to the student athletes about the pain of losing but also talk to them about the past success and the value of playing the sport and the positive attributes for growing as a future successful adult.  I've played sports and been in those losing locker rooms and fields at the end of the high school career.  As my family member would say, who is in the Kentucky baseball coach's hall of fame, the only happy coach and players are the ones going home with the state title.

You don't insult the players personally and walk out of the locker room when you had seniors who significantly contributed to this last winning season.   

11 minutes ago, Strivefor9 said:

In terms of the JV player, my understanding is this young lady was asked to work the scoreboard for the entire weekend tournament and was the only one that had to do so.  In the past, players rotated working the scorer's table.  This is only what I am hearing, so maybe she was in the doghouse with the coach.

In terms of the niece starting JV the year prior and varsity her 8th grade year, these are often very rare circumstances.  In my opinion, I don't think a school the size of Cooper didn't have other more experienced options for success.  They have lost 78% of district and regional games in the school's history, so this isn't a far fetch.

The principal's daughter playing was fairly obvious if you witnessed any of the games.  Once again at the coach's discretion but three straight losing seasons isn't a far fetch either.

Now, onto the 2022 situation.  In my opinion, at the end of the season, you have to talk to the student athletes about the pain of losing but also talk to them about the past success and the value of playing the sport and the positive attributes for growing as a future successful adult.  I've played sports and been in those losing locker rooms and fields at the end of the high school career.  As my family member would say, who is in the Kentucky baseball coach's hall of fame, the only happy coach and players are the ones going home with the state title.

You don't insult the players personally and walk out of the locker room when you had seniors who significantly contributed to this last winning season.   

I completely agree with this part if that is what happened. You definitely cannot personally go at your players - that isn't ok. 

2 hours ago, Strivefor9 said:

In terms of the JV player, my understanding is this young lady was asked to work the scoreboard for the entire weekend tournament and was the only one that had to do so.  In the past, players rotated working the scorer's table.  This is only what I am hearing, so maybe she was in the doghouse with the coach.

In terms of the niece starting JV the year prior and varsity her 8th grade year, these are often very rare circumstances.  In my opinion, I don't think a school the size of Cooper didn't have other more experienced options for success.  They have lost 78% of district and regional games in the school's history, so this isn't a far fetch.

The principal's daughter playing was fairly obvious if you witnessed any of the games.  Once again at the coach's discretion but three straight losing seasons isn't a far fetch either.

Now, onto the 2022 situation.  In my opinion, at the end of the season, you have to talk to the student athletes about the pain of losing but also talk to them about the past success and the value of playing the sport and the positive attributes for growing as a future successful adult.  I've played sports and been in those losing locker rooms and fields at the end of the high school career.  As my family member would say, who is in the Kentucky baseball coach's hall of fame, the only happy coach and players are the ones going home with the state title.

You don't insult the players personally and walk out of the locker room when you had seniors who significantly contributed to this last winning season.   

Agree with your assessment of the 2022 situation.  Well put!  I have given that speech many times over the years at many levels at high school and collegiate levels. I too relied heavily on relatives who were experienced coaching legends in hall of fames in both Ohio and Kentucky to help guide me in my early years.  Both said "You can lose with seniors or lose with younger players who gain valuable experience for the next few years."  I always have looked at that as a way to run a program.  For example in basketball, if by Christmas your seniors are not winning and you have younger players to move up well that happens.  Again I never feel playing time is part of any discussion or is even in the purview of administrators.  

Eric Deters has jumped in to the fray.  He claims he has several complaints from Cooper mommies about the the volleyball coaches and AD at Cooper.  Here is what he posted and a link to the short video.  Honestly, there is not very much here (at least that Mr. Deters revealed) in this video.  Here it is from Facebook:

Eric Deters for Kentucky and America 

Cooper High School  Boone co Ky Volley ball coaches  Michelle Isaac and Christina Brown and AD Randy Borchers need punishment

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1CELBr7VV2/

On 4/21/2026 at 7:45 PM, theguru said:

Eric Deters has jumped in to the fray.  He claims he has several complaints from Cooper mommies about the the volleyball coaches and AD at Cooper.  Here is what he posted and a link to the short video.  Honestly, there is not very much here (at least that Mr. Deters revealed) in this video.  Here it is from Facebook:

Eric Deters for Kentucky and America 

Cooper High School  Boone co Ky Volley ball coaches  Michelle Isaac and Christina Brown and AD Randy Borchers need punishment

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1CELBr7VV2/

Seriously, who would want to coach at Cooper after this?  The administration...the parents....the coaches....it's a dumpster fire.  

Ryle grad Tyler Morgan has been named the new Athletic Director at Cooper. From Tyler Morgan on X:

I am honored to accept the position of Athletic Director at Cooper High School. I am a Union native and bring 12 years of varsity coaching experience in football as well as experience in coaching basketball and track and field. Additionally, I have served the union community as a special-education teacher at Ryle High School since the fall of 2019.

Cooper has built a strong tradition of excellence both academically and athletically, I am grateful for the opportunity to help continue that success. I look forward to working alongside our coaches, student-athletes, staff, and the Union community to build programs that develop leadership, character, and discipline.

I am committed to creating a positive experience for all student athletes while supporting a culture of hard work, accountability, and championship-level expectations.

My wife Lauren and our children, Theo and Annie are excited to join the Cooper family and build meaningful relationships and to continue the tradition of excellence that makes Cooper Special. Go Jags!

#GoJags

Looks like Cooper women's volleyball ended another year with an early exit in District play with a loss to Conner, losing all three sets last night.