Archie Cooley, the innovative Black college football coach whose offense helped Jerry Rice become a star at Mississippi Valley State, has died, his family announced through the school Thursday.

By Richard Sandomir Archie Cooley, the exuberant architect of a passing-crazy offense at Mississippi Valley State University in the 1980s that featured the wide receiver Jerry Rice, a future Pro ...

Archie “Gunslinger” Cooley has died at the age of 84. The HBCU football legend was known as an innovative playcaller whose offense helped spotlight Jerry Rice as a star before getting on the ...

Former Jackson State football player Archie Cooley, who later went on to coach at Mississippi Valley State and an unknown wide receiver named Jerry Rice, died Thursday. He was 85. Cooley was known ...

ARCHIE COOLEY FORMER SWAC LEGENDS DIES Archie Cooley, former Jackson State football player and Mississippi Valley State coach, dies at 85 Dwight Cooley, Brown and Totten said Archie Cooley’s ...

The news hit hard for Totten and Rice, who spent the next few minutes chatting about the life of Archie Cooley, the trailblazing offensive genius of a football coach who died Thursday morning.

Archie Cooley, the exuberant architect of a passing-crazy offense at Mississippi Valley State University in the 1980s that featured wide receiver Jerry Rice, a future Pro Football Hall of Famer ...