He grew up in an SEC town, coached in the SEC and served as an athletic director at one. Now John Cohen comes to Auburn to take over the Tiger athletic program. Even in his days as a baseball coach, Cohen worked under Mitch Barnhart, Greg Byrne and Scott Stricklin with the idea of moving into athletics administration.
Cohen was introduced to the Auburn Family by Auburn President Dr. Chris Roberts in his Talking Tigers Podcast, presented by Alabama Public Health.