Coleman begins his 11th season as the Cowboys' head coach and he has restocked the Cowboy team with a talented roster, despite returning just two regular starters from a year ago.

In his 10 seasons, Coleman has posted a 235-185 record and last season became the school's all-time leader in wins. He has led the Cowboys to the American Southwest Conference Tournament on six different occasions, including finals appearances in 2001 and 2005. He has coached 41 All-American Southwest Conference selections and three All-Americans.

His team has posted a cummulative GPA of over 3.0 each of the last two semesters.

On June 18, 1997, Coleman became Hardin-Simmons' 22nd head coach in the 67-season history of the program. He joined the Cowboys after seven years in the high school coaching ranks. His teams went to the playoffs five times. He led Wolfforth Frenship to the 1993 4A state title game and went 70-30 in three seasons, before moving to Odessa Permian High School. His Panther teams went to the playoffs twice.

Coleman was a standout third baseman and catcher at Lubbock Christian University from 1983 to 1985. He helped the Chaps win the NAIA World Series in 1983 and was honorable-mention All-American in 1983. He transferred to LCU after one year at Oklahoma University, where he earned a scholarship after a stellar career at Monterey High School in Lubbock. In 1981, he helped the Plainsmen to the Class 5A state title and, in the process, set four batting records that still stand today.

Coleman earned a B.S. in Secondary Education from LCU in 1985. He was hired as an assistant baseball and football coach at Coronado High School in Lubbock in 1986, where he remained until 1990. Coleman, who was inducted into the LCU Hall of Honor in 1996, married the former Lisa Everett in 1982. They have two sons, Chad, 24, and Brad, 22. Brad is a graduate assistant for the Cowboys and Chad is a football and baseball coach and history in the BrownwoodSchool District. Both played baseball for their father at HSU.