Todd Cooper (2020) - Baylor Athletics Hall of Fame

Todd Cooper

Induction:
2020

Part of a golden era of pole vaulting with Baylor track and field in the 1980s, Cooper was a three-time All-American and four-time Southwest Conference champion. He placed fifth at the NCAA Indoor Championships in 1984, third at the 1985 NCAA Indoor meet and was the runner-up at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in '85.

In 1985, Cooper, David Hodge and Mike Shafe became the first vaulting trio to go 18 feet in the same NCAA meet. Ranked No. 1 outdoors (18-5) and No. 2 indoors (17-8) when he left, Cooper has been a vaulting coach for the last 20-plus years and has worked with over 200 all-state vaulters and 25 state champions as director of the Just Vault program.