Captained the Jasper baseball team his senior season, leading the team in ERA (3.32), Innings (46.2), and slugging percentage (.493), and was known as a teammate that put the team first and himself second. Following his career as a Jasper, Coppo continued his passion for sports by becoming a Little League coach in his town of New Canaan, CT, imparting the value of learning about oneself and life from the sport rather than worrying about the score of the day. The Waveny Park Little League baseball field in New Canaan was renamed in his honor following his passing in 2001.