Background
Coleman was born in Wenatchee, Washington.
Coleman was born in Wenatchee, Washington.
Washington State University. Brigham Young University.
He was raised a Roman Catholic in the Diocese of Spokane. After graduating from Washington State, Coleman went on the receive master"s and doctorate degrees from Brigham Young University. Prior to his call as a general authority, Coleman was an instructor in the Church Educational System.
At the time of his call as a general authority he was the assistant director of the Institute of Religion in Ogden, Utah, adjacent to Weber State University.
Coleman has served in the church as a bishop and as a counselor to both stake and mission presidents. He also served as president of the California Arcadia Mission.
On October 1, 2011, Coleman was released from the First Quorum of the Seventy and designated as an emeritus general authority at the church"s general conference.
Coleman was called as a general authority and member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy in 1992 and transferred to the First Quorum of the Seventy in 1997.
