Harlan Cohen is an American

United States

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 volleyball

Volleyball

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 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

1967 Pan American Games

The 5th Pan American Games were held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, from July 23 to August 6, 1967.Winnipeg was chosen as host of the Pan American Games on its second try. It first bid for the fourth Pan American Games at the 1959 PASO meeting in Chicago. It lost to São Paulo, Brazil...

 and a silver medal at the 1967 World Championships in Tokyo

Tokyo

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. He was head coach of the USA women's team for the 1968 Summer Olympics

1968 Summer Olympics

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 in Mexico City

Mexico City

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Cohen coached at Santa Monica College

Santa Monica College

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 alongside Burt DeGroot from 1961 to 1972. Their teams won seven USA Volleyball

USA Volleyball

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 (USVBA) college championships. He later was the head coach at Pepperdine University

Pepperdine University

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 from 1975 to 1976 where his team won the USVBA championship in 1975.

Recognition

• Cohen received the George J. Fisher
  George J. Fisher
  George J. Fisher M.D. was a physician and leader in the fields of youth development and physical fitness in the United States during the early twentieth century. He was a noted advocate for advancing the sport of volleyball....
  
   Leader in Volleyball Award from USA Volleyball
  USA Volleyball
  USA Volleyball is a non-profit organization which serves as the national governing body of volleyball in the United States of America ....
  
  in 1999.
• In 2000, he was awarded an All-Time Great Volleyball Coach Award from USA Volleyball.