Russ Cohen

Russ Cohen

Cohen pictured in The Cincinnatian 1937, Cincinnati yearbook
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	February 13, 1893 Augusta, Georgia
Died	April 7, 1981 (aged 88) Waynesboro, Georgia
Playing career
1913–1916	Vanderbilt
Position(s)	End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1923–1926	Alabama (assistant)
1928–1931	LSU
1932	Vanderbilt (assistant)
1935–1937	Cincinnati
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1928–1931	LSU
Head coaching record
Overall	31–25–4
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
SIAA (as player) (1915)
Awards
All-Southern (1915)

Henry Russell Cohen (February 13, 1893 – April 7, 1981) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. Cohen played as a prominent end for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams, serving as captain of its "point-a-minute" SIAA champion 1915 team. He was selected All-Southern the same year.^[1] He was the head football coach at Louisiana State University (LSU) from 1928 to 1931^[2] and at the University of Cincinnati from 1935 to 1937, compiling a career record of 31–25–4. As was tradition for football coaches at the time, he also served as the athletics director at LSU during his tenure as head football coach. His record with the LSU Tigers was 23–13–1. With the Cincinnati Bearcats, he compiled an 8–12–3 mark.^[3] Coach McGugin recommended Cohen for the LSU job.^[4]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
LSU Tigers (Southern Conference) (1928–1931)
1928	LSU	6–2–1	3–1–1	6th
1929	LSU	6–3	3–2	10th
1930	LSU	6–4	2–4	16th
1931	LSU	5–4	3–2	7th
LSU:		23–13–1	11–9–1
Cincinnati Bearcats (Buckeye Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1935–1937)
1935	Cincinnati	7–2
1936	Cincinnati	1–5–3
1937	Cincinnati	0–5*
Cincinnati:		8–12–3		*Last 5 games of season were coached by Wade Woodworth.
Total:		31–25–4

References

1. Dick Jemison (November 30, 1915). "Composite All-Southern Of Ten Of The Dopesters". Atlanta Constitution.
2. "LSU Football media guide". lsusports.net. Retrieved 2013-10-25.
3. "Russell T. "Russ" Cohen Records by Year". cfbdatawarehouse.com/. Retrieved 2013-10-25.
4. Edwin Pope (1955). Football's Greatest Coaches. p. 341. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via archive.org.

External links

• Russ Cohen at the College Football Data Warehouse