Jordan Cohen ג'ורדן כהן | |
Position: | Point guard |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 2 |
Weight Lb: | 185 |
League: | Israeli Basketball Premier League |
Team: | Maccabi Ramat Gan |
Number: | 1 |
Birth Date: | 31 July 1997 |
Birth Place: | Tarzana, California |
High School: | Campbell Hall High School |
Nationality: | American |
College: | Lehigh |
Career Start: | 2020 |
Years1: | 2020 |
Team1: | Maccabi Haifa |
Years2: | 2020–2022 |
Team2: | Maccabi Ashdod |
Years3: | 2022–2023 |
Team3: | Maccabi Ma'ale Adumim |
Years4: | 2023–present |
Team4: | Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan |
Jordan Cohen (ג'ורדן כהן; born July 31, 1997) is an American basketball player for Maccabi Ramat Gan in the Israel Basketball Premier League, who plays the point guard position.[1] [2]
Cohen was born in Tarzana, California, and is Jewish.[3] [4] He is 6" 2" tall, and weighs 185 pounds.[1] [5] [6] He attended Campbell Hall High School ('16) in Studio City, California.[5]
Cohen played basketball on Team USA in the 2017 Maccabiah Games, as the youngest player on the team.[3] He averaged 6.2 points per game, as the team won the gold medal.[3] [4] [7] He played on the team with among others Sam Singer and Travis Warech.[8]
He attended and played basketball for Lehigh University, where Cohen majored in Finance ('20).[5] [9] Playing for the Lehigh Mountain Hawks he averaged 9.3 points per game as a sophomore.[3] He was team captain his junior and senior years. [10] His senior season he averaging 14.2 points per game, and ranked sixth in the Patriot League in three-point percentage (38.1 percent).[3] His junior year and senior years he was named Third-Team All-Patriot League.[3] He was named to the Academic All-Patriot League team for his last three years.[3]
In August 2020 Cohen signed a one-year contract with Maccabi Haifa, in the Israel Basketball Premier League.[3] [11] [12] Since 2023, Cohen is signed in Maccabi Ramat Gan. [13] He was a member of the Israeli 3x3 Open Men’s team in 2024.