Career
He played college baseball at Mississippi State (1988-1990) after spending a single season at Birmingham Southern College in Alabama (1986). 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 (1990-1991).
He moved onto the University of Florida for two seasons (2002-2003) 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. Originally from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Cohen is one of a handful of Jewish college baseball coaches in the country.
