John Cohen (baseball coach)

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John Cohen was the head baseball coach at the University of Kentucky from 2004-08 and is the new coach at Mississippi State. He played college ball at Mississippi State after spending a single season at Birmingham Southern College in Alabama. He then spent two years in the Minnesota Twins farm system. 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 as an assistant before accepting the head coaching job at Kentucky. On June 6, 2008, Cohen was announced as the head coach of his alma matter, Mississippi State.

[edit] Year by year coaching record

Overall Conference
Year School W L Pct W L Pct Notes
1998 Northwestern State 40 20 .667 15 8 .652 Southland Champions
1999 Northwestern State 38 21 .644 18 9 .667
2000 Northwestern State 30 26 .536 14 13 .519
2001 Northwestern State 38 17 .691 19 8 .704 Southland Champions
2004 Kentucky 24 30 .444 7 23 .233
2005 Kentucky 29 27 .518 7 22 .318
2006 Kentucky 44 17 .721 20 10 .667 SEC Champions, NCAA Regional
2007 Kentucky 41 15 .732 16 14 .533
2008 Kentucky
2009 Mississippi State
Northwestern State Totals 146 84 .635 66 38 .635 2 Southland Championships
Kentucky Totals 138 89 .613 50 69 .420 1 SEC Championship, 1 NCAA Regional
Overall Totals 284 173 .607 116 108 .517 3 conf. championships, 1 NCAA Regional

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