Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Cohen an haife shi ne a Brooklyn, New York, kuma Bayahude ne. Dan uwansa Herb Cohen ya yi gasa a Wasannin Maccabiah na 1961
a Isra'ila, ya lashe gasar zakarun kwallon kafa ta NCAA a shekarar 1961-62, ya lashe lambar tagulla a wasan kwallon kafa na mutum daya da lambar zinare tare da kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Amurka a wasannin Pan American na 1963, ya kasance zakaran kwallon kafa na Amateur Fencers League of America (AFLA) a shekarar 1964, kuma ya yi wasan kwallon kafa na mutum daya da na kungiya don Amurka a wasannin Olympics na 1964.