Bryan Cohen (; born May 10, 1989) is an American-Israeli former basketball player. He played the

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position. He won a

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with Team USA in the

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. He played college basketball for the

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and was the

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Defensive Player of Year in 2010, 2011, and 2012—the only player in league history to win the award three times. He played from 2012–14 for Maccabi Haifa in the

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Early life and education

Bryan Cohen was born on May 10, 1989, in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania. He is

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ish, and has dual U.S.–Israeli citizenship. His older brother Aron Cohen played basketball for the

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Athletic career

Cohen attended

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, graduating in 2008. He played basketball for the Kangaroos. Cohen played basketball for Team USA in the

, winning a

. He next attended

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, graduating with a degree in economics in 2012. Cohen played basketball for the

as a starting guard from 2008–2012. His 353 points as a freshman in 2008–09 were the fourth-most by a freshman in Bucknell history, and he was named All-Rookie

. In 2009–2010 he ranked ninth in the

in assists (84) and assists per game (2.7). In 2011–12 he was seventh in the Patriot League in assists (87), and eighth in assists per game (2.5). He was named Patriot League Defensive Player of Year in 2010, 2011, and 2012; he was the only player in league history to win the award three times, and the seventh in any

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conference to win a defensive MVP award three times. He was named second-team All-Patriot League as a senior. His 313 career assists ranked eighth in school history. He was awarded the Bradley N. Tufts Award, presented to a Bucknell senior student-athlete in recognition of exceptional athletic achievements. Cohen played from 2012–2014 for Maccabi Haifa in the

Business career

Cohen became a licensed insurance agent and worked for

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from 2014 to 2017. From 2015 to 2019 he worked as an Acquisition Analyst & Property Manager for CB Property Management LLC in Philadelphia. He joined Full Court Development of Philadelphia in 2019 as a leasing agent.

Awards and honors

Cohen is scheduled to be inducted into the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2021.

References

External links

*Jen Mok (March 8, 2012)
"Meet the Bucknell Basketball Team-Bryan Cohen,"
''Her Campus''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Cohen, Bryan 1989 births Living people American men's basketball players Basketball players from Philadelphia Bucknell Bison men's basketball players Businesspeople from Philadelphia Competitors at the 2009 Maccabiah Games Israeli Basketball Premier League players Israeli men's basketball players Jewish American basketball players Jewish Israeli sportspeople Maccabiah Games gold medalists for the United States Maccabiah Games medalists in basketball Maccabi Haifa B.C. players Basketball players from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Shooting guards 21st-century American Jews Jews from Pennsylvania 21st-century Israeli sportsmen