David Cohn

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = David Cohn

| image =

| number = 34

| position = Point guard

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 167

| league = ProA

| team = Tigers Tübingen

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|3|28}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois

| nationality = American

| high_school = York Community
(Elmhurst, Illinois)

| college =

Colorado State (2013–2014)
William & Mary (2015–2018)

| draft_year = 2018

| career_start = 2018

| career_end =

| years1 = 2018–2019

| team1 = Hapoel Eilat

| years2 = 2019–2020

| team2 = Maccabi Haifa

| years3 = 2021–2022

| team3 = Panthers Schwenningen

| years4 = 2022–2023

| team4 = Newcastle Eagles

| years5 = 2023–2024

| team5 = VfL AstroStars Bochum

| years6 = 2025–present

| team6 = Tigers Tübingen

| highlights =

Third-team All-CAA (2018)

}}

David Allan Cohn{{Cite web |title=David Allan Cohn |url=https://www.2basketballbundesliga.de/teams/kader/spieler/2000101/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=2. Basketball-Bundesliga |language=}} (born March 28, 1995) is an American basketball player. He plays for the Tigers Tübingen in the German ProA. Cohn earlier played in England, Israel and Germany. He plays the point guard position.

Biography

Cohn was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in Elmhurst, Illinois.{{Cite web|url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/David-Cohn/Israel/Maccabi-Haifa/301896|title=David Cohn Basketball Player Profile, Maccabi Haifa, News, Winner League, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards|website=Eurobasket LLC}}{{Cite web|url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/David-Cohn/Summary/57241|title=David Cohn Player Profile, William & Mary, NCAA Stats, International Stats, Game Logs, Bests, Awards – RealGM|website=basketball.realgm.com}} His parents are Paula and Dave Cohn.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nmnathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=209517140&DB_OEM_ID=25100|title=David Cohn Bio|website=TribeAthletics.com}} He has a younger sister, Olivia, and a younger brother, Erik. He is {{convert|6|ft|2|in|m|abbr=on|sp=us}} tall and weighs {{convert|167|lb|kg}}.

He went to York Community High School ('13) in Elmhurst. Cohn averaged 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists per game as a junior in 2011–12, and set a school single-game scoring record with 47 points during the season. He averaged 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 assists per game in his senior year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elmhurst/sports/ct-dob-david-cohn-philadelphia-76ers-nba-summer-league-tl-0712-story.html|title=York grad David Cohn pursues his dream with 76ers in NBA Summer League|first=Bob|last=Narang|website=Chicago Tribune|date=July 5, 2018}} He was an All-State selection his junior and senior seasons, and as a senior both Chicago Sun-Time's All-Area and Daily Herald DuPage County All-Area. He scored more than 1,600 career points, second in York history.

Cohn attended Colorado State University for his freshman year of college, playing basketball for the Colorado State Rams.

He then transferred and attended the College of William & Mary ('18), and played college basketball for the William & Mary Tribe. In 2015–16 Cohn had the second-best assists per game percentage in the Colonial Athletic Association (4.6), and the third-best free throw shooting percentage (.835).{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/david-cohn-1.html|title=David Cohn College Stats|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com}} In 2016–17 he had the fifth-best assists per game percentage in the CAA (4.5). In his senior year in 2017–18 he scored 14.2 points and had 6.7 assists per game (best in the CAA; 11th-best in the NCAA). He also had the best free throw percentage in the CAA (.911; fifth-best in the NCAA), was second-best in steals per game (1.6), and sixth-best 2-point field goal percentage in the CAA (.605). He was the only player in the nation, out of the players on 351 Division I teams, who shot at least 50% from the field (52.9%), 40% on 3-point attempts (42.6%), and 90% in free-throw attempts (91.2%).{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailypress.com/sports/college/william-mary/dp-spt-william-and-mary-david-cohn-0304-story.html|title=David Cohn making history at William and Mary|first=Dave|last=Johnson|website=Daily Press|date=March 3, 2018}} As of November 2020, he was one of only ten NCAA players to have joined the DI men's basketball's 50–40–90 club since 1993.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2020-11-18/every-member-di-mens-basketballs-50-40-90-club-1993|title=Every member of DI men's basketball's 50–40–90 club (since 1993)|author=Brenden Welper |date= November 18, 2020 |website=NCAA.com}} In 2018 he was All-CAA Third Team. He became the all-time assists leader at William & Mary.

Cohn played for Hapoel Eilat in 2018–19,{{Cite web |title=David Cohn |url=https://basket.co.il/player.asp?PlayerId=12314&lang=en#player-career-stats |access-date=2022-09-18 |website=basket.co.il}} and for Maccabi Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League in 2019–20.{{Cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/david-cohn-joins-maccabi-haifa/|title=David Cohn joins Maccabi Haifa|date=March 9, 2019|work=sportando|last1=Skerletic |first1=Dario }} In September 2021, he was signed by the Panthers Schwenningen of the second-tier of German basketball, ProA.{{Cite web |title=David Cohn ersetzt Lamonte Bearden |url=https://www.wiha-panthers.de/david-cohn-ersetzt-lamonte-bearden/ |access-date=2022-01-02 |website=Wiha Panthers Schwenningen |language=de}} Cohn averaged a league-high 9.1 assists per game for the Schwenningen team in 2021–22, while scoring 12 points a game. He also averaged 3.7 rebounds and 2 steals per contest.{{Cite web |title=Top Performer |url=https://www.2basketballbundesliga.de/topperformer/proa/#tab-schnitt-active |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=2. Basketball-Bundesliga}}

On September 17, 2022, Cohn was signed by the Newcastle Eagles of the British Basketball League (BBL).{{Cite web |title=Pro Panther Cohn Landing at Eagles |url=https://newcastle-eagles.com/news/pro-panther-cohn-landing-at-eagles/ |access-date=2022-09-18 |website=Newcastle Eagles |language=en-GB}} He appeared in 36 BBL games, averaging 10.5 points, 6.4 assists and 3.1 rebounds per contest.{{Cite web |title=David Cohn |url=https://www.britishbasketballleague.com/competitions/?WHurl=%2Fcompetition%2F34065%2Fperson%2F1921446 |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=British Basketball League}} On November 1, 2023, he signed with the VfL AstroStars Bochum of the German ProA.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-01 |title=Ein Floor-General für die SparkassenStars |url=https://sparkassenstars.de/2023/ein-floor-general-fuer-die-sparkassenstars/ |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=VfL SparkassenStars Bochum |language=de}} Cohn finished the 2023–24 season for Bochum with per game averages of 13.3 points, 6.6 assists and 2.8 rebounds. On January 16, 2025, he put pen to paper on a deal with German ProA side Tigers Tübingen.{{Cite web |last=Fischer |first=Tobias |date=2025-01-16 |title=Die zweite Nachverpflichtung heißt David Cohn |url=https://tigers-tuebingen.de/die-zweite-nachverpflichtung-heisst-david-cohn/ |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=Tigers Tübingen |language=de}}