The basketball world is currently captivated by Duke Blue Devils player Cooper Flagg. He has lately been making headlines as the anticipated No. 1 selection for the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Draft 2025. Everybody is curious about where this 18-year-old acquired his skills, given his outstanding statistics from 2024 and record-breaking talent. In reality, a glance at the Flagg family tree reveals that the sport is in his veins.

Ralph, who is Cooper Flagg's father?

During his time at Nokomis Regional High School, Ralph Flagg developed a passion for the sport, which reached its peak when he began playing college basketball at Eastern Maine Community College. Shortly after that, at a basketball court of all places, he met his now-wife Kelly, and the chemistry between them was immediately apparent.

The couple married in the early 2000s, and on August 4, 2004, they welcomed premature twins (Hunter and Ryder). Unfortunately, Ryder passed away two days later because of complications, but Hunter was still in the neonatal intensive care unit for 109 days before being released.

Cooper has always made it a point to give his father credit for fostering his love and commitment to basketball. "Getting back in the gym with my dad [is how I stay ready]," Cooper told Blue Devil Nation in an interview in January 2025. I spent my childhood in the gym with my father. Late evenings and early mornings with him simply rebounding for me.

Who is Cooper Flagg's mother, Kelly Bowman?

It's crucial to highlight Kelly's accomplishments as a collegiate basketball player in the 1990s for those who will now be quick to think of her as just Cooper's mother. Additionally, she started her career in the sport at Nokomis Regional High School, where she scored a remarkable 1,257 points.

From 1995 to 1999, when she played for the University of Maine, she continued to have this passion for the game. She served as the team's captain during their historic victory over arch-rival Stanford in the 1999 NCAA Tournament and assisted them in obtaining tickets to four NCAA tournaments throughout this period. Later, she even went back to her old high school to mentor the varsity girls' squad.

In a 2024 interview with ESPN, Ralph discussed his wife's basketball skills, calling her a "fierce competitor" and calling her up-and-under motion "pretty deadly." Since the beginning of Cooper's career, she has been a supporter, making it a priority to be there to encourage him. She told People in March 2025, "I like to sit by the same person or in the same seating order. [Ralph] wears anything but Duke gear on game days."

Her passion for her son and his sport even got her into trouble at the ACC Tournament in March 2025, when many supporters thought her joyful response to Cooper's dunk against the University of North Carolina was disrespectful. Later, she released a social media message on the subject, stating, "I want to apologize to anyone who was offended by my language that was caught in a celebratory moment." I acknowledge that it wasn't my most flattering appearance. "[It was] a moment of being so proud of our kid and also a big F-you to the entire Carolina fan base for being classless a-holes."

Who is the twin brother of Cooper Flagg?

Along with their older brother Hunter, Ace, Cooper's twin brother, played on the same team as him at Nokomis Regional High School, where the two led the squad to win the state championship. Two years later, Ace assisted his squad at Montverde Academy in Florida in capturing a state championship, and he also helped Greensboro Day School in North Carolina win a state title in February 2025. Hunter is currently enrolled in the sports management program at the University of Maine, and Ace is now a student there as well.

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