Career
He played for Avangard Omsk and Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk at the Soviet Era. In 1994-1995 season, he was in head coach role in Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk and Kazakhstan men"s national ice hockey team Koptsov was the assistant coach at the MHL team Snezhnye Barsy, during 2012-2013 season.
1992 Soviet Union national junior"s ice hockey team - head coach
1994-1995 Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk - head coach
1994-1995 Kazakhstan men"s national ice hockey team - head coach
1995-1998 Avangard Omsk - assistant coach
1998-2000 Amur Khabarovsk - assistant coach
2002-2003 Amur Khabarovsk - assistant coach
2010-2013 Snezhnye Barsy - assistant coach.
