Tuf
COOPER
Events: Tie-Down Roping
Steer Wrestling
Born: 1/31/1990 Childress, TX
Joined PRCA: 2008
PRCA Career Earnings: $2,010,207.00
World Titles Won: 4 (TD 2011-12, 2014)
AA (2017)
WNFR Qualifications: 10 (2008-15, 2017)
SR (2017)
Current Residence: Decatur, TX
2018 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Won the all-around at the RAM Texas (Waco) Circuit Finals
Won the tie-down roping at the Ram National Circuit Finals
Rodeo (Kissimmee, FL.)
Co-champion at the Livingston (MT) Roundup
Co-champion at the World’s Oldest Rodeo (Prescott, AZ)
Tuf Cooper wasn’t the only one to be presented with something
big and shiny after being announced the winner at the Wrangler
National Finals Rodeo (WNFR) back in December 2017. When
awarded with his All-Around Cowboy World Championship
buckle he turned to his western and rodeo fashion blogger
girlfriend, Tiffany McGhan, and lowered to one knee and
proposed, he won his fourth world title and a future wife.
With another buckle to his belt and a bride-to-be, Cooper
advanced into the season with no momentum lost. He won
All-Around Cowboy at the Texas Circuit Finals Rodeo with 6,505
dollars in earnings for Tie-Down Roping and Steer Roping. Then
he went on to win the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo in
Tie-Down Roping with an impressive seven seconds and 7,581
dollars added to his earnings in the finals.
Cooper is one of the most recognizable names on the rodeo
map. The name has an entire rodeo heritage affiliated to it
including the eight-time World Champion Roy “Super Looper”
Cooper, Tuf’s ProRodeo Hall-of-Famer father. Tuf’s two
brothers, Clint and Clif, also ride the rodeo path. The Cooper
brother trio found themselves all qualified for the WNFR in 2010
and 2011 making them the first band of three siblings to qualify
simultaneously. The looping Cooper family’s rodeo ties
unravel throughout generations. Tuf’s grandfather was a
Tie-Down Roper in the early 1960’s, and his uncle was the 2008
National Finals Rodeo World Champion. He regularly goes head
to head with his brother-in-law, Trevor Brazile, an eleven-time
World Champion Cowboy. They were neck-and-neck at the
WNFR for the All-Around World Champion title as Cooper roped
the championship away from Brazile. They provide one
another with support and supply each other with a friendly
dose of competition.
Tuf Cooper’s fiancé Tiffany McGhan’s love of fashion has inspired
Cooper to partner up with American Hat Company, Inc., and
launched an exclusive line of cowboy hats that are made for
everyone from the everyday rancher to the professional cowboy.
While Cooper is hauling a lot more than horses in his
trailer; wedding plans, cowboy hat designs, and his
determination to dominate the rodeo scene, he
stays on course to adding another World
Championship title to the Cooper legacy.
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