Sept. 5, 2014
SAN DIEGO - San Diego State women's water polo head coach Carin Crawford has announced the hiring of Bill Cohn as the program's assistant coach. Cohn brings an eclectic and deep background to the Aztecs. It includes more than 35 years of playing, coaching, officiating and broadcasting water polo, as well as management, leadership and business skills developed in a high technology software sales career.
"I've known Bill throughout my career as both a player and a coach, and he has a keen appreciation for what it takes to win in women's water polo," Crawford said. "He also brings a unique blend of competitive experience, water polo expertise, leadership, and enthusiasm, which will enable him to inspire and mentor our student-athletes in and out of the pool. He has been close to our program for over a decade, he will be a great asset to our team and I look forward to coaching together."
Cohn attended UCLA where he was a two-sport athlete playing water polo and junior varsity basketball for the Bruins. His postgraduate water polo playing career spanned nearly a decade and included national club level competition while representing the Westwood, Industry Hills, and Sunset Clubs. Cohn gained international experience as a player-coach in Australia and represented the USA in the 1985 Maccabiah Games where his team won a silver medal. He was the assistant men's coach at Palomar College in 1989. Additionally, Cohn worked as a college-rated water polo official from 1986 to 1992 and served as instructional chairman for the San Diego Water Polo Officials Association.
Cohn arrives on a familiar Montezuma Mesa as he has been the voice of the women's water polo team for the past 16 seasons. He has also worked in play-by-play and analyst roles for men's and women's NCAA championship webcasts since 2010. Cohn has also been the voice of San Diego High School and college water polo since 1990.
Cohn earned a B.A. in economics from UCLA and lives in Solana Beach with his wife, Kay, and son, Michael.