POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR EXECUTING SEC FORMS 3, 4, and 5
       KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints Stephen Zamansky, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary, and Jack J. McCracken, Assistant General Counsel and Assistant
Secretary, of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, and each of them, as the true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned, for the following purposes:
(1) to execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4 or 5 reporting
the undersigned's holdings of the Common Stock of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
and changes in the holdings in accordance with Section 16(a) 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.
Each attorney-in-fact is authorized to act individually, and need not act
jointly.
       The undersigned hereby grants to each 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 each 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 attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity
at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming any of the undersigned's
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
holdings of and transactions in securities, of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company by
the undersigned, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of the 29th day of October, 2015. Signature /s/ Gary S. Michel
Name:  Gary S. Michel