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most wins in school history. ':fbe Tuscaloosa, Ala., nat1ve served as an assistant baseball coach at the University of Florida for two seasons prior to taking over the Kentucky program. He was head coach at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches La., from 1998-2001 and ' led the Demons to two Southland Conference titles. He received conference coach of the year honors following the 1998 and 2001 championship season. He began his coaching

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Conference Coach of the Year and National Coach of the Year by the College Baseball Foundation and CollegeBaseballinsider.com, led Kentucky to a pair of NCAA Regional appear– ances in their last three sea– sons. He also led the Wildcats to their first-ever Southeastern Conference Championship in 2006. During his five-year tenure at UK, Cohen's teams

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compiled a 175-113-1 (.607) record and posted a pair of 44-win campaigns - the

the top 10 in several statisti– cal categories at Mississippi State. He received first-team All-SEC honors as a senior and was chosen by the Minnesota Twins in the 22nd round of the 1990 Major League draft. He spent two years in the Twin's minor league system prior to beginning his coaching career. He was a two-sport ath– lete at Tuscaloosa Academy from where he graduated in 1986. Cohen and his wife Nelle

career as an assistant at the University of Missouri, where he served from 1992- 97. Cohen was a standout for the MSU Bulldogs from 1988-90 under legendary coach Ron Polk. The Bulldogs advanced to an NCAA Regional during each of Cohen's three years on the squad, capped by a berth in the 1990 College World Series. In 1989, he helped lead the Diamond Dogs to the SEC Championship. Cohen fin– ished his career ranked in

have two daughters- Jordan Baker and Avery Lawson. ECCC begins its 2009 baseball season by hosting Bevili-Fayctte Community College in doubleheader action getting under way at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4 at the Clark/Gay Baseball Complex. To purchase tickets or for more information contact ECCC Head Baseball Coach Neal Holliman, 601-635- 2111 or call toll free, 1-877- 462-3222, ext. 374. His e– mail address is nbolli– man@eccc edu.