Georgia State University Athletics

Dave Cohen has been part of the Georgia State athletics staff for 44 years as the radio play-by-play announcer. He was named the broadcast coordinator in 1998.

Cohen handles the details for the live football, men's basketball and baseball radio/streaming broadcasts for Georgia State. For the 2026-27 season, he will again serve as the ESPN+ play-by-play personality for men's basketball and baseball games. Cohen is also the host of the Panther Insider Podcast.

Cohen added Panther football to his schedule following 12 seasons as a member of Furman University's football radio network in Greenville, S.C. Throughout his tenure in Atlanta radio, Cohen has worked for WRAS-FM, WGST-AM, WCNN-AM, WSB-AM, and WGUN-AM. Cohen was awarded Georgia State's prestigious Sparks Award in 2016 and was inducted into the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame (GRHOF) in 2017, and the Georgia State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2026. He's also a recipient of the External Affairs Panther Spirit Award.