John Cohen (baseball)
John Cohen is the former head baseball coach of Mississippi State University and current Athletic Director. He played college baseball at Mississippi State after spending a single season at Birmingham Southern College in Alabama. He also played on the 1990 College World Series team his senior year at Mississippi State. He then spent two years in the Minnesota Twins farm system. He served as an assistant coach at the University of Missouri from 1992 to 97 before becoming head coach at Northwestern State University from 1998 to 2001, where he won two conference championships. He moved on to the University of Florida for two seasons as an assistant before accepting the head coaching job at the University of Kentucky. On June 6, 2008, Cohen was announced as the head coach of his alma mater, Mississippi State.Head coaching record
Coaching tree
Assistant coaches under John Cohen who are, or have been, head coaches include Gary Henderson, Nick Mingione, and Butch Thompson.Personal life
John Cohen is originally from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, as was his wife, Nelle Bashinsky Cohen. They have two daughters. Cohen is Jewish.
