Benedict College Athletics

Connor Loper enters his second season with the Tigers as Wide Receivers Coach and Passing Game Coordinator. He also handles DFO responsibilities.

In 2022, the Benedict College Tigers went 11-0 in the regular season, winning the SIAC Championship Game 58-21 vs. Tuskegee. The Tigers received a #1 Regional Ranking, earning a first round bye in the NCAA D2 Playoffs. Benedict College led the SIAC in Total Offense (4,686 yards), Scoring Offense (34.6 PPG), Offensive TDs (58), and Passing Yards (2,767).

Coach Loper comes to Benedict College from Southern University, where he served as Assistant Wide Receivers Coach from 2019-2021. In 2019, Southern University won the SWAC West Division. In the 2021 Spring Season, Southern University went 4-1 and finished ranked in the Top 25 of FCS.

Loper graduated from Louisiana State University in 2019 with a B.S. in Sport Administration and a Minor in Business. There he served as a student worker for the football team and interned with Player Personnel.

In 2017 and 2018, Loper coached the Inside Receivers at University Lab High School on LSU’s campus, where they celebrated a 26-0 record and two State Championships during that time span. “U-High” finished as the 13th ranked High School Football team in the Nation in 2018, and the No. 1 overall team in Louisiana, regardless of class, in 2017.

Loper started coaching immediately after he graduated from his former high school, Loyola College Prep (Shreveport, LA), assisting with the offense during the 2015 and 2016 off-seasons