Harlan Cohen

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] 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.

Harlan Cohen
Personal information
Born	November 6, 1934 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	March 19, 2020 (aged 85)
Coaching information
Previous teams coached Years Teams 1967–1968 1975–1976 1986–1991 Women's national team Pepperdine UCLA
Medal record Men's volleyball Representing the  United States Pan American Games 1963 São Paulo Team

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

• In 1990 he was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[2]
• 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

1. "Harlan Cohen". Olympedia. Retrieved May 20, 2020.

Sources

• 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. Archived from the original on March 16, 2009. Retrieved October 19, 2008.
• Biography at the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame