Updated: January 22, 2025
First Day at Johns Hopkins: August 3, 2020
Jon Cohen was named an assistant coach at Johns Hopkins on June 28, 2024 after spending four years as the Blue Jays’ Director of Operations. Cohen joined Peter Milliman’s staff in June 2020 and in his previous role he managed much of the day-to-day logistical operation of the Blue Jay men's lacrosse program.
In his role as an assistant coach, Cohen works closely with the Blue Jay faceoff specialists, serves as the assistant defensive coordinator under the direction of Blue Jay defensive coordinator Jamison Koesterer and serves as the program’s recruiting coordinator.
Cohen came to Homewood after serving as the General Manager of Major League Lacrosse’s Denver Outlaws. The GM post was the latest in a long line of positions Cohen held with Outlaws during a 14-year run with the team.
Starting as a visiting team liaison in 2007, he later served as the head equipment manager (2008-10), assistant general manager/assistant coach (2011-18) and director of player personnel (2018) before making the move to general manager prior to the 2019 season.
Cohen, the longest tenured member of the Outlaws’ player/coach roster, helped Denver to a 118-62 (.656) regular season record from 2007-20 with MLL Championships in 2014, 2016 and 2018. The Outlaws also advanced to the MLL title game six other times and played in the title game every year from 2016-2020. Denver’s 14-0 record during the 2013 regular season marked the first time in MLL history a team had gone through the regular season unbeaten.
Cohen graduated from UNLV in 2009 with a degree in hospitality management. As a defender, he was a three-year member of the Runnin’ Rebels’ club lacrosse team. He got his start in coaching while still a student at UNLV as he served as an assistant boy’s lacrosse coach at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas and helped the team to the 2009 Nevada State Championship and also served as the head coach at Heritage High School in Colorado after relocating to the Denver area following his graduation from UNLV.
