Football

Coleman joins the Tennessee Tech staff in the summer of 2017, looking to oversee the team's quarterbacks.

The former Middle Tennessee State University quarterback spent four years in Murfreesboro as a player, then another season and a half with the Blue Raiders as an offensive graduate assistant and assistant quarterbacks coach.

So when the former MTSU standout saw a quarterbacks coaching position open at Tennessee Tech, he couldn't resist.

"The opportunity was great," Coleman said. "To be able to coach with Coach Satterfield and his staff is something I've found out that I wanted to do really quick. Cookeville is a great area and I'm just excited to be here.

"I've been through here many times. I have family here and know the area really well. When the job came open, it was a no-brainer."

The rivalry between the two schools may not be what it once was, but for Coleman, it's an opportunity to help bring the Golden Eagles back into prominence.

"It's hard not to want to be a part of what's going on here under Coach Satterfield," Coleman said. "It's an opportunity to coach with a guy who loves football. Every day, he wakes up to win football games. That's what you want to do as a coach – be around those types of people."

Coleman joins the staff after a three-and-a-half-year stint at Itawamba Community College, serving as the Indians' offensive coordinator and quarterback coach, as well as recruiting coach.

In his tenure there, the Indians have gone 15-13. Last season, starting sophomore quarterback Peyton Bender threw for 2,733 yards and 21 touchdowns as he completed 211 of his 324 passes, averaging 303.7 yards per game.

Before that, Coleman spent three seasons at Faulkner University in Montgomery, Ala., serving in the same roles as he built a recruiting pipeline for the NAIA school in the Birmingham, Atlanta, Tennessee, North Florida and Southern California areas.

"I've been coaching quarterbacks as long as I've been coaching," Coleman said. "I played quarterback, I coach quarterbacks. They're the most important guys on the field, and it's pretty much the only position where just one of them plays the whole game. You've got to understand that one guy plays and the opportunity to do that at a high level as the Division I Football Championship Subdivision level is a blessing. It's something I'm going to require our guys to understand."

Coleman received his bachelor of science from MTSU in Health and Human Performance in 2009, then followed it up with a masters in Sport Management in 2011.

During his playing days for Coach Rick Stockstill, Coleman also helped the Blue Raiders earn a 2006 Sun Belt Conference championship and a Motor City Bowl berth, then was a member of the 2009 New Orleans Bowl-winning team.

Coleman is married to the former Kelly Goethals, and they have a son, Eli, and a daughter, Sophie.