Gary Cooper is a 1986 graduate of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville with a Master’s Degree in Reproductive Physiology. Upon graduation, Gary owned and operated Topline A.I. Service, Inc., an agricultural genetic distribution company. He served as company president responsible for sales, accounts receivable, inventory control, personnel management and client and staff education. Gary achieved top sales awards from Landmark Genetics, Federated Genetics and Semex USA.

Mr. Cooper has previous adjunct teaching experience from Pellissippi State Technical Community College where he taught biology and Walters State Community College where he taught anatomy and physiology and biology.

Gary served as an adjunct instructor at South College in 2006-2007 and joined as a full time instructor in June 2007. He is responsible for teaching anatomy and physiology I and II lecture and lab and is also lab coordinator for both anatomy and physiology and biology.