Coaching Staff

Michael Cooper-Head Coach, Offensive Coordinator

Career Record:  106-51, 6 District Championships

2021:  5-7, lost 1st Round in Districts

2022:  

Social Studies-Sumner High School SchoolEmail: michael.cooper@hcps.net

Cell:  813-230-2198

Sean Washington-Assistant Coach and Defensive Coordinator

Drivers Education-East Bay High School

Email: sean.Washington@hcps.net

Tyson Mills-Assistant Coach, JV Head Coach

Career Record:  

ESE-Sumner High School

Email:  tyson.mills@hcps.net

Cece Moore-Assistant Coach

Physical Education-Beth Shields Middle School

Aaron Mills-Assistant Coach, QB Coach

Former JROTC Instructor-Sumner High School

Med Student-USF

2020-2021 SEASON ONE

Great to be back coaching this sport.  We're making herstory here at Sumner High School, home of the Stingrays!  I have high hopes for this first season as we won the first game we ever played, 18-0, in an AAU tournament in the Fall, 2020

2021 MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS:  I would have to say the most memorble moment was the season opener.  Our season did not start well.  Everything seemed to be going great until the beginning of the third week of the season.  The whole team was quarantined for a week because of COVID.  This meant we also missed the Bucs Preseason.  Those two games would have helped fix some issues not evident until the season began.  It also meant we had one day of practice when we returned, followed by 5 games in 3 days.  We went 2-3.

2021 SEASON OPENER: The quarantine really hurt, evident in 3 quarters of play against Plant City Raiders.  The Raiders were up 6-0 going into the 4th quarter.  A change in QBs got our offense moving.  Aniya Bethea threw a TD to Jewel Harwell, and a second TD to Britney Beals to give us a 12-6 win!

2021 SEASON RANKINGS:  We finished the season ranked #109 on Maxpreps.com in the combined 1A and 2A poll (261 teams), and #41 in the 1A poll (119 teams).

2021-2022 Season

We finally got to do the Bucs Preseason.  We went 2-0, winning 25-0 against Liberty and 20-0 against Palm Harbor!  A great start!

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