Syracuse board has another sports connection in Vincent Cohen Jr.

Vincent Cohen Jr., a former Syracuse basketball player, is named to the university’s board of trustees, the latest sports connection to SU’s governing body.

The Syracuse University board of trustees, which is the governing body for SU, has added three new members to its ranks – one of whom, Vincent Cohen Jr., suited up for Orange basketball.

Cohen, who graduated from the ‘Cuse in 1992, joins the board along with Christine Carona and Raj-Ann Rekhi, according to a press release issued by the Syracuse athletics department.

A resident of Washington, D.C., Cohen is a partner with Dechert LLP, where he focuses on high-stakes litigation on behalf of individuals and corporations. He is the former acting U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.

Per the announcement, Cohen endowed a scholarship in honor of his late father, Vincent Cohen Sr., who was an All-American basketball player for the Orange before attending law school and becoming a successful corporate attorney in our nation’s capital.

The elder Cohen, in 2000, got named to the ‘Cuse men’s basketball All-Century team, along with former Syracuse hoops stars such as Dave Bing, Derrick Coleman, Sherman Douglas, Lawrence Moten, Billy Owens, John Wallace, Pearl Washington, Louis Orr, Roosevelt Bouie, Jason Hart and long-time head coach Jim Boeheim.

Cohen Jr. received a bachelor’s degree in sociology from SU in 1992, and he was a member of the Orange basketball squad while an undergraduate student. In 1995, he then earned a juris doctorate from the ‘Cuse College of Law.

Mike Tirico, a veteran sports broadcaster who worked for many years at ESPN but is now at NBC, is a member of the university’s board of trustees, according to the university’s Web site.

Former Syracuse standout quarterback Donovan McNabb was also elected to the board in November of 2002. McNabb, who graduated from the university in 1998 and went on to a stellar professional career in the NFL, is presently listed on the ‘Cuse Web site as a “life trustee,” but he’s not a “voting trustee” like Tirico.

A big congrats to Vincent Cohen Jr. and the other new board members!