| Harlan Cohen | |
| Birth Date: | 6 November 1934 |
| Birth Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Coachyears: | 1967–1968 1975–1976 1986–1991 |
| Coachteams: | Women's national team Pepperdine UCLA |
| Medaltemplates-Title: | Medal record |
Harlan Cohen (November 6, 1934 – March 19, 2020) was an American volleyball coach who led both the United States men's and women's national teams during the mid-1960s.[1]
As a player, Cohen was a member of Team USA's volleyball team at the 1965 Maccabiah Games in Israel, along with Gene Selznick, who had played on world championship teams.[2]
Cohen coached the men in 1966. He coached the women to a gold medal at the 1967 Pan American Games and a silver medal at the 1967 World Championships in Tokyo. He was head coach of the USA women's team for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.
Cohen coached at Santa Monica College alongside Burt DeGroot from 1961 to 1972. Their teams won seven USA Volleyball (USVBA) college championships. He later was the head coach at Pepperdine University from 1975 to 1976 where his team won the USVBA championship in 1975.