A former NCAA Division I baseball player, Nelson Cooper IV enters his fourth season as a volunteer coach with the California (PA) baseball program in 2023.
Cooper played three seasons at North Carolina Central in Durham, North Carolina, from 2013-15. The Eagles qualified for the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Tournament in each of his initial two years with the program. Cooper was a recipient of MEAC All-Academic honors during each of his seasons with the program.
A native of Seattle, Washington, Cooper completed a finance and accounting internship with USA Baseball in Durham during the fall of 2015. He is the co-founder and executive director of the Pittsburgh Hardball Academy, which is a 501(c)(3) non-profit youth advocacy organization that strives to enrich the lives of youth in the Greater Pittsburgh area via the game of baseball. The Academy has helped place over 30 student-athletes with collegiate baseball programs since its inception in 2020.
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In the private sector, Cooper started his professional career at PNC Financial Services as an analyst in 2016. He currently serves as a Vice President, Relationship Manager at PNC within the Corporate & Institutional Banking (C&IB) line of business, working with companies between $50 million and $1 billion in annual revenue.
Cooper has been honored for his work in the Pittsburgh community by several organizations, including Pittsburgh Business Times 30 Under 30, Who’s Next Pittsburgh: Community Leaders and Activists, Pennsylvania Statewide Afterschool/Youth Development Network, Junior Achievement and Get Involved!.
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He graduated Summa Cum Laude from North Carolina Central with a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in finance in 2015.
