Cory Cooperman's successful track record in wrestling goes well beyond his three EIWA championship titles and his three All-American honors.
A native of Springfield, NJ, Cooperman attended Blair Academy where he became just the third wrestler in history to win four National Prep championships. As a senior, he was ranked #1 in the country in his weight class as he also won two Beast of the East titles and three Ironman championships.
After spending a red-shirt year at the University of Minnesota, Cooperman transferred to Lehigh University. During his first season (2002-03) of wrestling for Coach Greg Strobel he went 15-2 in dual meets and won his first EIWA championship. As a sophomore, Cooperman finished as the runner-up at the EIWA championships and in seventh place at 141 pounds at the NCAAs. During both his junior and senior year, Cooperman won the 141-pound title at the EIWA Tournament and the third place trophy at the NCAAs.
He graduated from Lehigh in 2006 with a degree in Psychology and an overall college career wrestling record of 99-12.
After graduation, Cooperman turned to coaching wrestling as his career choice. He spent three years as an Assistant Coach at Cornell University, the EIWA championship team all three seasons. He also spent time on the coaching staff at Rutgers University and the University of Illinois prior to assuming the head post at the New York Regional Training Center, where he took the team to the US Open title.
Recently, Cooperman has coached two wrestlers to World Titles -Kurt McHenry, a two-time Cadet World Champion -and Kyle Dake to his first Senior World Championship.
In 2019 Cooperman opened his own wrestling club in Mahwah, NJ. He resides in Ridge Park, NJ with his wife LeAnne and their two young sons, Caden and Cameron
