CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
     We  consent to the  incorporation of our  report, which is  qualified as to
audit scope, on our audit of  the consolidated financial statements of  Staffing
Resources,  Inc. as of December 31, 1996 and  for the year then ended filed as a
part of the Noel Group 1996 Annual Report on Form 10-K into the Noel Group, Inc.
previously filed Registration Statement of Form S-8, File No. 33-55296.
 
Coopers and Lybrand L.L.P.

Dallas, Texas
April 10, 1997