Harlan Cohen

Personal information

Born

1934 (age 80–81)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Coaching information

Previous teams coached
Years	Teams
1967-1968 1975-1976 1986-1991	Women's national team Pepperdine UCLA

Harlan Cohen (born 1934) is an American volleyball coach who led both the United States men's and women's national teams during the mid-1960s. 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

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

Ronberg, Gary (June 5, 1967). "Playing It The Japanese Way". Sports Illustrated 26 (23): 30–32.
Press Release (March 28, 2003). "USA Volleyball announces 75th Anniversary All-Era Coaches". USA Volleyball.
Biography at the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame

United States – 1963 Pan American Games – Silver medal

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