(New York, NY) – Yeshiva University Director of Athletics Joe Bednarsh has announced the hiring of Philip Kahn as the University's Head Baseball Coach. A 1993 graduate of Yeshiva's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Kahn brings nearly two decades of baseball coaching experience to the YU Athletics Department, including stints at three different college programs.
“I am thrilled to welcome Philip Kahn back to the Yeshiva University community as our Head Baseball Coach. Phil proved to be an outstanding candidate not only because of his extensive coaching experience, but because he is a terrific role model to our student-athletes after a long history of academic achievement at Vassar College and the Cardozo School of Law, and his successful career as an attorney,” Bednarsh said. “We believe that the Yeshiva Baseball program's best seasons are ahead of us, and I am looking forward to seeing the team develop under Philip's guidance.”
A 1981 graduate of Vassar College, Kahn founded the Baseball program at Vassar, and played third base and catcher for the Brewers, while also serving as a Player/Coach to the program. Upon his graduation from Vassar, Kahn moved on to Elizabeth Seton Junior College in Yonkers, New York where he served as Head Coach during the 1982 season. After leaving coaching for more than a decade, Kahn returned to the diamond in 1995 when he took over as Head Coach of the New York Knights, a competitive amateur Baseball program in the New York City area featuring former college and professional Baseball players. Kahn served as a player and Head Coach of the Knights from 1995-2007.
During the 2005 and 2006 seasons, Kahn returned to Vassar as an Assistant Coach, where he worked in a variety of roles for the Baseball program, including hitting coach, bench coach, and batting practice pitcher. From Vassar, Kahn moved on to Shippensburg University, a Division II Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference powerhouse that captured the PSAC Championship with Kahn on staff in 2007, and advanced to the NCAA North Atlantic Region Championship.
Kahn's achievements beyond Baseball were equally impressive as he graduated from Cardozo in 1993 Magna Cum Laude, and during his final year at Cardozo served as Editor in Chief of the Law Review. Kahn's legal experience includes a post-graduate clerkship with the New Jersey State Supreme Court from 1993-94, a position as a Staff Attorney with Major League Baseball Enterprises, Inc. from 1996-99, and in March of 2005 he founded the Law Offices of Philip J. Kahn, LLC, a general law practice in New York City.
Yeshiva finished the 2008 season with an 0-28 overall record and 0-16 in Skyline Conference play. The Maccabees open the 2009 season with a doubleheader at the College of Staten Island on March 1, 2009.
