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. He was elected captain alongside Jack Lieb, who he eventually played for in the basketball tournament (TBT) airing on ESPN. In the TBT he was a 2 year member of the Ex-Pats, the first team featuring Patriot League Alumni. [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.