Gary Cohen Biography
Gary Cohen is an American sportscaster known for being a radio and television play-by-play announcer for the New York Mets. Cohen broadcasts for radio and also the television play-by-play announcer for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball. Gary is known for his baritone voice and his signature calls.
Gary Cohen Age
Gary was born on April 29, 1958, in Queens, New York.
Gary Cohen Height
Cohen is of average stature and shape he has however not revealed any details concerning his height.
Gary Cohen Family
Gary has not revealed any details concerning his family. We will update the information once it is available.
Gary Cohen Wife
Gary is married to Lynn Cohen, the couple has five children together. The family resides in Connecticut.
Gary Cohen Education
Cohen studied at where he graduated with a political science degree.
Gary Cohen Career
Cohen graduated from Columbia University and began his broadcasting career with WKCR Sports. While at Columbia, he announced soccer games alongside George Stephanopoulos, a future presidential adviser and host of Good Morning America.
He worked as the voice of the minor league Spartanburg Spinners, Durham Bulls, and Pawtucket Red Sox before joining the Mets’ radio team in 1989. From 1988 to 1989, he also called ice hockey and basketball games for Providence College, as well as football games for Brown University in 1987.
He has also called playoff MLB games for ESPN Radio and CBS Radio in addition to his duties with the Mets.vCohen has called men’s college basketball games for many years, beginning with his time as a broadcaster for St. John’s on WFAN, where he worked from 1995 to 2002.
After WFAN lost the radio rights to St. John’s games, Cohen started broadcasting Seton Hall games, which he still does today. He also worked as a backup commentator for the New York Rangers and called Olympic hockey at the 1992, 1994, and 1998 Winter Olympics, as well as NCAA tournament games for Westwood One.
Many memorable Mets moments have been called by Cohen, including Todd Pratt’s walk-off home run in Game 4 of the 1999 NLDS, Robin Ventura’s “grand slam single” in Game 5 of the 1999 NLCS, Benny Agbayani’s walk-off home run in Game 3 of the 2000 NLDS, the Mets winning the 2000 NLCS to advance to the World Series, and Endy Chavez’s home run robbing catch in Game.
The Mets’ clinching of the National League East on September 26, 2015, Bartolo Colón’s first Major League Baseball home run on May 7, 2016, making him the oldest player in MLB history to hit his first home run, Asdrbal Cabrera winning an extra-inning game for the Mets to keep them in an eventual successful playoff run, and Todd Frazier’s ninth-inning three-run home run.
Gary Cohen Mets
Gary Cohen ’81CC works on his laptop in the Citi Field booth behind home plate. The diamond’s groomed soil, the crosscut outfield grass, the empty dark-green seats, the center-field video board, and the cotton-candy-blue sky over Flushing, Queens are all visible from the mezzanine level. Ron Darling and Keith Hernandez, who both played on the historic 1986 Mets championship team, have yet to arrive as Cohen’s broadcast partners of twelve seasons. A camera operator is tinkering with a wire. Cohen is finishing his studies three hours before game time.
Cohen has a clean, powerful middle-lower-register voice that can rise and fall as quickly as a struck fly ball. It’s a voice of unassuming command on the air with Darling and Hernandez — methodical, quick-witted, diagnostic, inflected with the subtle wryness of a consummate straight man.
Gary Cohen Salary
Gary earns an annual salary ranging between $ 150,000 -$ 200,000 dollars.
Gary Cohen Net worth
Cohen has an estimated net worth of $ 1.5 million dollars.