John Cohen (baseball coach)

John Cohen
Sport(s)	Baseball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Mississippi State
Record	85–85 (.500)
Biographical details
Born	September 21, 1966 (1966-09-21)
Place of birth	Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1992–1997 1998–2001 2004–2008 2009–present	Missouri (asst) Northwestern State Kentucky Mississippi State
Head coaching record
Overall	406–280–1 (.590)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1998 Southland Conference 2001 Southland Conference 2006 Southeastern Conference
Awards
1998 Southland Conference Coach of the Year 2001 Southland Conference Coach of the Year 2005 USA Baseball National Team 2006 SEC/ABCA South Region Coach of the Year 2006 National Coach of the Year

John Cohen (born September 21, 1966) is the head baseball coach at Mississippi State University. He played college ball 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 served as an assistant coach at the University of Missouri from 1992-97 before moving to Northwestern State University from 1998–2001, where he won two conference championships. 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.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Northwestern State Demons (Southland Conference) (1998–2001)
1998	Northwestern State	40–20	15–8	1st
1999	Northwestern State	38–21	18–9	2nd
2000	Northwestern State	30–26	14–13	T–5th
2001	Northwestern State	38–17	19–8	1st
Northwestern State:		146–84	66–38
Kentucky Wildcats (Southeastern Conference) (2004–2008)
2004	Kentucky	24–30	7–23	6th (East)
2005	Kentucky	29–27	7–22	6th (East)
2006	Kentucky	44–17	20–10	1st (East)	NCAA Regional
2007	Kentucky	34–19–1	13–16–1	5th (East)
2008	Kentucky	44–19	16–14	3rd (East)	NCAA Regional
Kentucky:		175–112–1	63–85–1
Mississippi State Bulldogs (Southeastern Conference) (2009–present)
2009	Mississippi State	25–29	9–20	6th (West)
2010	Mississippi State	23–33	6–24	6th (West)
2011	Mississippi State	38–25	14–16	T–2nd (West)	NCAA Super Regional
Mississippi State:		86–87	29–60
Total:		407–282–1
National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion       Conference regular season & conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

External links

• MStateAthletics.com Bio