Just as there are hot coaches, so are there hot athletic directors. Jon Wilner chatted with the University of Washington's AD on a hot streak, Jen Cohen, about her management style, the Husky culture and more.
Just as there are hot coaches, so are there hot athletic directors. In two years on the job, Washington’s Jen Cohen has produced a sizzling string of successes:
- Of her five coaching hires, three were named Pac-12 Coach of the Year in their first season: Mike Hopkins (men’s basketball), Yasmin Farooq (women’s rowing) and Elise Ray-Statz (gymnastics).
- In the 2017-18 sports season, football reached the Fiesta Bowl and earned the highest APR score in the Pac-12, baseball made the College World Series for the first time, softball reached the WCWS final, and both rowing teams were national runners-up.