Christopher J. Cohan

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Christopher J. Cohan is the current owner of the Golden State Warriors of the NBA. He acquired a 25-percent interest in the team in 1991; in 1995, he became sole owner; he sold 20 percent of the team to four Silicon Valley investors in 2005.

Cohan's tenure as owner of the Warriors has been anything but successful. The 1991-1992 and 1993-94 Warriors made the playoffs (with Cohan as part-owner). With All Stars Tim Hardaway, Latrell Sprewell, and rookie of the year Chris Webber on the roster, the team seemed bound for greater glory. However, Cohan acquired the team under cloudy circumstances when the new season was only a few days old, filing suit against majority owners Dan Finnane and Jim Fitzgerald. Cohan claimed that the three had a handshake agreement whereby Cohan could purchase the entire team in three years. Cohan finally purchased the team for the unheard sum of $144 million. Within a month, Webber was traded, and in February of the following year, popular coach Don Nelson resigned.

The Warriors have never made the playoffs under Cohan, a twelve year drought that marks the longest of any team in NBA history. Under Cohan, the team has had nine head coaches and never had a winning season. When the Warriors hosted the 2000 NBA All Star Game in Oakland, fans booed Cohan. [1]

Cohan graduated from Arizona State University in 1973. He is the founder of Sonic Communications.

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