POWER OF ATTORNEY

FOR EXECUTING SEC FORMS 3, 4, and 5


	KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints Richard N. Jacobson as the undersigned
true and lawful attorney-in-fact, for the following purposes:

1. to execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4 or 5
reporting the undersigned holdings of the Common Stock of Cooper
Tire & Rubber Company and changes in the holdings in accordance with
Section 16a of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder;

2. to do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete the
execution of any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and the timely filing of such
form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and
any other authority; and

3. to take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power
of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of
the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present,
with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers
herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, is not assuming any of the undersigned responsibilities
to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect
to the undersigned holdings of and transactions in securities, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorney-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 17 day of July, 2003.

Signature  /s/  Richard L. Wambold
		Richard L. Wambold