Lincoln Coleman
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Position: | Dallas, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 252 lb (114 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | Bryan Adams (TX) | ||||||||||||
College: | Baylor | ||||||||||||
Undrafted: | 1993 | ||||||||||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR · ArenaFan.com |
Lincoln Coleman, Jr. (born August 12, 1969) is a former
Early years
Coleman attended
As a freshman, he recorded 6 carries for 20 yards as a
In his redshirt year (due to
Professional career
Coleman played football for the semi-professional team the Dallas Colts, while also working as a lot man at
Because he was bothered by an Achilles tendon injury, he was signed by the Cowboys as an
On November 17, he was promoted to the active roster to backup both
On July 21, 1995, he was signed as a free agent by the Atlanta Falcons.[9] He was released on August 27.[10] He was signed again on February 1, 1996.[11] He was cut on August 19, only to be re-signed on September 4. He was released on September 24 to make room for quarterback Browning Nagle.
In 1997, he was one of the Arena Football League best rushers with 246 yards, while playing for the Milwaukee Mustangs. The next year, he was suspended by the league for undisclosed reasons.[12] He returned in 1999 and led the Mustangs with 138 rushing yards and 4 rushing touchdowns. He helped the Grand Rapids Rampage win the ArenaBowl XV in 2001.
Personal life
After he retired from professional football in 2001, he became an assistant football coach at Creston High School. In 2003, he was named the school's head coach, where he helped develop the football player of the year for the state of Michigan (Justin Hoskins), who went on to play for the University of Notre Dame. In 2007, he moved back to Dallas and became a position coach at W. W. Samuell High School for two years while being the sophomore history teacher. In 2015, he moved to Delray Beach, Florida.
References
- ^ "Notre Dame". Retrieved January 3, 2018.
- ^ "It's Gut-Check Time for Coleman Running Back Must Lighten Own Load If He Wants to Help Ease Cowboys'". Retrieved February 17, 2018.
- ^ "For ex-Dallas Cowboy Lincoln Coleman, tough times bracketed icy holiday heroics". Archived from the original on August 5, 2018. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
- ^ "Cowboys Pick Up a Used Lincoln Coleman Comes to Dallas". Retrieved January 3, 2018.
- ^ "Coleman Lugs a Happy Load for the Cowboys". Retrieved January 3, 2018.
- ^ "Cowboys' Coleman Catches a Break Dallas Activates Former Arena Player for Backup Role at RB". Retrieved January 3, 2018.
- ^ "Rice Family Shares Grief of Dallas' Lett". Retrieved January 3, 2018.
- ^ "Skins outbid Cowboys". Retrieved January 3, 2018.
- ^ "Transactions". Retrieved January 3, 2018.
- ^ "Transactions". Retrieved January 3, 2018.
- ^ "Transactions". Retrieved January 3, 2018.
- ^ "Mustangs Bios". Retrieved January 3, 2018.