Colin Gary Cooper (born 22 February 1959) is a New Zealand professional rugby union coach and former player.
[1] Cooper is a NPC champion and two-time Ranfurly Shield holder, winning with the Taranaki union as a head coach.
Cooper has coached the Māori All Blacks to three undefeated tours and won the IRB U21 World Cup with the New Zealand under-21 side.
Following the dismissal of Graham Mourie as Hurricanes coach Cooper was appointed to take over the franchise and came to prominence by guiding them to the semi-finals in two of his three seasons in charge.
On 23 July 2013, New Zealand Rugby announced Colin Cooper as the new head coach of the Maori All Blacks.