PROVO — BYU alum Nate Cooper may be best remembered for his hard foul on Ute legend Keith Van Horn in the Huntsman Center when he was a freshman fresh off missionary service.
There’s more to it. His life since has been one of hard work, dedication and production from lessons learned on the court that night. Today he’s a successful leader in medical technology marketing in the Northwest and in this day of COVID-19 sports, he is most grateful he got to play back in the day.
Cooper’s never backed down, even when he lost his mother to cancer during his junior season in 2002, a stretch in his life in which his mother suffered through and endured chemotherapy treatments.