[1] He taught judo at his own club, and became CEO of food ingredient company Z-Trim Holdings.

[2] He won a gold medal at the 1973 Maccabiah Games in Israel in judo, at 176 pounds.

[6][7] Cohen won the bronze medal in the -80 kg division at the 1975 Pan American Games.

[2] He came out of retirement and competed as a member of the 1988 Olympic Judo team for the United States as a heavyweight at 33 years of age, and came in 13th.

[3] Among his students have been five-time US champion Aaron Cohen, three-time Olympian and Pam American Games bronze medalist Colleen Rosensteel, two-time Olympian and Pan American Games bronze medalist Martin Boonzaayer, junior world champion and two-time Olympian Hillary Wolf, and Olympic silver medalist Robert Berland.