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Poll: Was BOE Right to Replace Harvey Cohen?
Ice hockey assistant coach to take over as head coach in upcoming season.
After 38 years, will have a new ice hockey coach.
The approved Frank Gilberti as the new head coach of the team . Gilberti has served as the assistant coach for several years.
Cohen retired on Dec. 31, 2011 because of a board policy that did not allow the athletic director to coach a sports team. Cohen served as athletic director at Chahtam High since 1997.
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The board approved Cohen as the hockey coach for the 2011-12 season. This year, Board Member Rich Connors said, the board opted to interview several candidates, including Cohen, for the position of head coach.
Cohen "applied for the position [of hockey coach], and went through the whole interview process," Connors said, but "the administration decided to go with Gilberti."
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The ice hockey team won with Cohen and Gilberti as head and assistant coach.
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