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

2009 Maccabiah Games The 18th Maccabiah Games ( he, המכביה ה-18 ישראל תשס"ט), were held in July 2009. According to the organizing committee these were the largest games held yet. These Games were the world's fifth-largest sporting event, behind the Ol ...

. 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 Maccabi Haifa ( he, מכבי חיפה) is one of the biggest sports clubs in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Football ...

in the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional sports, professional competition in Israeli sports club, club basketball, making ...

Early life

Bryan Cohen was born on May 10, 1989, in

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

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...

Athletic career

Cohen attended

Abington Friends School Abington Friends School is an independent Quaker school in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, United States, serving students from age 3 to grade 12. Abington Friends School has stood on its original campus in the Abington Township neighborhood of Jenkint ...

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

, winning a

. He next attended

Bucknell University Bucknell University is a private liberal arts college in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1846 as the University at Lewisburg, it now consists of the College of Arts and Sciences, Freeman College of Management, and the College of Engineering. ...

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

as a starting guard from 2008–12. 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 2009–10 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 2012–14 for

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 American Israeli Basketball Premier League players Israeli men's basketball players Jewish American sportspeople Jewish Israeli sportspeople Jewish men's basketball players Maccabiah Games gold medalists for the United States Maccabiah Games medalists in basketball Maccabi Haifa B.C. players People from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Shooting guards 21st-century American Jews