Harlan Cohen (November 6, 1934 – March 19, 2020) was an American volleyball coach who led both the United States men's and women's national teams during the mid-1960s.[1]
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| Born | November 6, 1934 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Died | March 19, 2020 (aged 85) | ||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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As a player, Cohen was a member of Team USA's volleyball team at the 1965 Maccabiah Games in Israel, along with Gene Selznick, who had played on world championship teams.[2]
Cohen coached the men in 1966. He coached the women to a gold medal at the 1967 Pan American Games and a silver medal at the 1967 World Championships in Tokyo. He was head coach of the USA women's team for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.
Cohen coached at Santa Monica College alongside Burt DeGroot from 1961 to 1972. Their teams won seven USA Volleyball (USVBA) college championships. He later was the head coach at Pepperdine University from 1975 to 1976 where his team won the USVBA championship in 1975.
Recognition
edit- In 1990 he was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[3]
- Cohen received the George J. Fisher Leader in Volleyball Award from USA Volleyball in 1999.
- In 2000, he was awarded an All-Time Great Volleyball Coach Award from USA Volleyball.
References
edit- ^ "Harlan Cohen". Olympedia. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "12-Man U.S. Volleyball Team Picked for Maccabiah Games". timesmachine.nytimes.com.
- ^ "Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Home".
Sources
edit- Ronberg, Gary (June 5, 1967). "Playing It The Japanese Way". Sports Illustrated. 26 (23): 30–32. Archived from the original on January 2, 2013.
- Press Release (March 28, 2003). "USA Volleyball announces 75th Anniversary All-Era Coaches". USA Volleyball. Archived from the original on March 16, 2009. Retrieved October 19, 2008.
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