John Cohen (baseball)

John Cohen

Current position
Title	Athletic Director
Team	Mississippi State
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Biographical details
Born	(1966-09-21) September 21, 1966 Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Alma mater	Mississippi State University (BS) University of Missouri (MS)
Playing career
1986	Birmingham–Southern
1987–1990	Mississippi State
1990–1991	Minnesota Twins
Position(s)	First baseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1992–1997	Missouri (asst.)
1998–2001	Northwestern State
2002–2003	Florida (asst.)
2004–2008	Kentucky
2009–2016	Mississippi State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2016	Mississippi State (assoc. AD)
2016–present	Mississippi State
Head coaching record
Overall	605–399–2 (.602)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1998 Southland Conference 2001 Southland Conference 2006 Southeastern Conference 2012 SEC Tournament 2013 College World Series Runner-up 2016 Southeastern Conference Governor's Cup Record 4–4
Awards
1998 Southland Conference Coach of the Year 2001 Southland Conference Coach of the Year 2005 USA Baseball National Team 2006 Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year 2006 ABCA South Region Coach of the Year 2006 National Coach of the Year 2013 ABCA South Region Coach of the Year 2016 Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year

John Cohen (born September 21, 1966) is the former head baseball coach of Mississippi State University and current Athletic Director. 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 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 (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. He is originally from Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

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 (.635)	66–38 (.635)
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 (.609)	63–85–1 (.426)
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
2012	Mississippi State	40–24	16–14	T–2nd (West)	NCAA Regional
2013	Mississippi State	51–20	16–14	3rd (West)	College World Series Runner-up
2014	Mississippi State	39–24	18–12	3rd (West)	NCAA Regional
2015	Mississippi State	24–30	8–22	7th (West)
2016	Mississippi State	44–18–1	21–9	1st (West)	NCAA Super Regional (#6 National Seed)
Mississippi State:		284–203–1 (.583)	108–130 (.454)
Total:		605–399–2 (.602)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

Coaching tree

Assistant coaches under John Cohen who are, or have been, head coaches include Gary Henderson, Nick Mingione, and Butch Thompson.

See also

• List of current NCAA Division I baseball coaches

External links

• Mississippi State profile