Houston Rockets • 2003-2004 Media Guide - NBA Media Central
Houston Rockets • 2003-2004 Media Guide - NBA Media Central
Houston Rockets • 2003-2004 Media Guide - NBA Media Central
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SCOUTING<br />
Dean Cooper<br />
<strong>NBA</strong> Personnel Scout<br />
Dean Cooper will handle the role of <strong>NBA</strong> personnel scout in his fifth year<br />
with the <strong>Rockets</strong>. In his current capacity, Cooper will be responsible for<br />
personnel scouting of the <strong>NBA</strong> and developmental leagues. He joined<br />
the basketball staff as video coordinator/scout before spending the last<br />
two seasons as an assistant coach.<br />
Before joining the <strong>Rockets</strong>, Cooper spent a pair of two-year stints coaching<br />
at the college level. He worked for two years as an assistant coach at his<br />
alma mater of Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, before taking<br />
a similar role at the University of Buffalo. Additionally, he served as an<br />
advance scout for the Connecticut Pride of the Continental Basketball<br />
Association for four seasons.<br />
Cooper started his coaching career at a pair of Michigan high schools, spending five years at Belding<br />
High School and three years at Caledonia High School.<br />
Melvin Hunt<br />
College & International Scout<br />
BASKETBALL STAFF<br />
Melvin Hunt assumes the role of college & international scout in his fifth<br />
season with the <strong>Rockets</strong>. In his current position, Hunt will be responsible<br />
for personnel scouting of collegiate and international talent. He joined<br />
the basketball staff as video coordinator/scout before spending the last<br />
two years as an assistant coach.<br />
Prior to joining the <strong>Rockets</strong>, Hunt coached on the collegiate and high<br />
school levels. He served as the assistant men’s basketball coach at<br />
Incarnate Word University in San Antonio. He began his coaching career<br />
as the assistant coach at Temple High School.<br />
As a four-year letterman and a three-year starter at Baylor University from 1987-91, Hunt helped the<br />
Bears advance to both the NCAA and NIT tournaments. After college, he played<br />
professional basketball in the Caribbean and Mexico.<br />
The Tallulah, Louisiana, native earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration and a master’s<br />
degree in education from Baylor. Hunt and his wife, Carmen, have a daughter, Braya, and a son, Miles.<br />
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