Jennifer Cohen (née Smith; born 1969) is an American college sports administrator who currently serves as the athletic director at the University of Southern California (USC).
[2] Born in Arcadia, California, Cohen moved to Tacoma, Washington in the second grade.
She then went on to earn a master's degree in physical education with an emphasis in sports administration from Pacific Lutheran University in 1994.
[5] Cohen is the mother of two sons, Tyson and Dylan, who are student athletes at Spokane Falls Community College and Montana, respectively.
[5][2] Cohen began her career in sports administration as a Division III volleyball coach, where she took on extraneous roles as the "de facto strength-and-conditioning coach" and "the staff nutritionist" due to her school's small budget while writing to Division I athletic directors looking for a meeting or interview.