Mark Nicholas Cooper (born 18 December 1968) is an English former association football player and manager who played as a midfielder.

He played 50 games and scored 12 goals for the south-western club, and during his time with The Grecians, Mark went on loan to Southend United, where he only made 5 appearances.

Cooper then moved on to Forest Green Rovers, where he was club captain and named Supporters' Player of the Year.

The first time they played against Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium and they managed to force a replay at their own ground, where the game was decided on penalties.

In the 2008–09 season, he guided Kettering to the FA Cup fourth round, a joint record for the furthest the club have been in the competition, where they faced Premier League team Fulham.

After days of speculation, on 13 November 2009, Cooper agreed in principle to a three-and-a-half-year contract to become Darren Ferguson's successor as manager of Championship side Peterborough United.

[11] On 4 January 2012, Cooper was appointed caretaker manager of Kettering Town,[12] but withdrew from the role after only one match citing the club's off-field issues.

[14] After just five games in charge – one draw and four defeats – he was appointed assistant to new Swindon Town manager Kevin MacDonald.

[18] Later after play-off final defeat, he sold midfield duo Ben Gladwin and Massimo Luongo to Queens Park Rangers for undisclosed seven-figure transfer fees.

After leaving Notts County, Cooper became manager of National League club Forest Green Rovers; when he joined, on 9 May, they had just reached the 2016 National League play-off final, although caretaker manager Scott Bartlett took charge for the final at Wembley with Cooper in an advisory role.

[23] On 23 November 2019 Mark Cooper was accused of provoking Leyton Orient Interim Head Coach Ross Embleton with a comment about the passing of Justin Edinburgh.

[24] On 11 April 2021, Forest Green Rovers parted company with Cooper after five years at the club during which he oversaw a historic promotion to the Football League.

[26] On 17 February 2022, Cooper was given an eight-game touchline ban for comments he allegedly made to a female assistant referee which included a reference to gender.

[28] On 28 October 2022, Cooper was appointed manager of National League side Yeovil Town, signing a two-and-a-half-year deal.