2023 Football Roster
Roster
Hamilton, Cooper

Jersey Number 38
Cooper Hamilton
- Position:
- K
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 172
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Lubbock, Texas
- High School:
- Coronado HS
- Prev School:
- Eastern New Mexico
Bio
As a Junior (2023)
Prior to Houston
High School
Personal
- Did not see action
Prior to Houston
- Spent two seasons at Eastern New Mexico
- 2022 All-Lone Star Conference Honorable Mention
- Two-time LSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Kicking specialist in all 11 games during 2022
- Converted 9 of 13 field goal attempts
- Connected on 25 of 26 PATs
- 46-yarder and 39-yarder plus four extra points vs. New Mexico Highlands (Sept. 1)
- Performance earned him LSC Special Teams Player of Week (Sept. 5)
- Career-best mark of 50 yards in a road tilt with Tarleton State (Sept. 17)
- Appeared in seven games as a freshman in 2021
- Made five field goals on eight attempts
- Season-long 40-yard field goal vs. West Texas A&M (Oct. 16)
- 17 of 17 on PATs for the season
- 25 kickoffs throughout the season
- Averaged 56 yard per kickoff
High School
- Three-sport athlete at Coronado High School
- Competed in baseball, soccer and football
- 146 kickoffs for 6,679 yards (45.7 average)
- 40 touchbacks
- Made 104 of 113 PATs
- Hit 17 of 22 field goals
- Long field goal of 37 yards
- 155 kicking points
Personal
- Nickname: Coop
- Hobbies: golfing and bass fishing
- Wants to be a coach once his playing career is over
- Has two siblings (brother and sister) who cheer at Texas Tech
- Hidden talent: played Division II baseball for three years
- Grandfather played baseball at Lubbock Christian
- Chose UH to stay in Texas and play in the Big 12
- One word to describe himself on the field: clutch
- If he could eat one food for the rest of his life: steak
- His motivation for working hard: family and friends
- Best advice: get better every day as both a person and an athlete
- Highlight of his life thus far: playing two sports in college
- Sports hero: Bo Jackson because he played two sports professionally
- Memorable athletic feat: hit 38-yard field goal to send game into OT as a freshman at ENMU
- Unique fact: he is color blind
Postgame Press Conference: Football vs. Colorado
Friday, September 12
Postgame Press Conference: Football at Rice
Saturday, September 06
Postgame Press Conference: Football vs. Stephen F. Austin
Friday, August 29
Press Conference: Head Coach Willie Fritz Previews SFA
Monday, August 25