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'''Jonathan William Coachman''' (born [[August 12]], [[1973]]) also known as '''"The Coach"''' is an [[United States|American]] [[professional wrestling]] personality, college wrestler, basketball player, and football [[play-by-play]] [[announcer]] and [[color commentator]], and is best known as an occasional wrestler working for [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] on the ''[[WWE Raw|RAW]]'' [[WWE Brand Extension|brand]] where he is [[Vince McMahon]]'s [[List of authority figures in professional wrestling|Executive Assistant]]. |
'''Jonathan William Coachman''' (born [[August 12]], [[1973]]) also known as '''"The Coach"''' is an [[United States|American]] [[professional wrestling]] personality, college wrestler, basketball player, and football [[play-by-play]] [[announcer]] and [[color commentator]], and is best known as an occasional wrestler working for [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] on the ''[[WWE Raw|RAW]]'' [[WWE Brand Extension|brand]] where he is [[Vince McMahon]]'s [[List of authority figures in professional wrestling|Executive Assistant]]. |
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Before embarking on an announcing career in pro wrestling, Coachman was a highly touted [[basketball]] prospect. After two state basketball championships at McPherson High School, Coachman moved across town to continue playing for [[McPherson College]]. During his four years at McPherson, Coachman became the school's career scoring, rebounding and assists leader. He was also named McPherson's Athlete of the Year twice and was named conference Player of the Year twice. |
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While at McPherson, Coachman's interests included participating in theatre, serving as the [[sport]]s editor for the [[student newspaper|school newspaper]], and doing play-by-play and color commentary for the local [[American football|football]] and basketball [[radio]] broadcasts. |
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Jonathan Coachman also starred in many instructional videos used for technical education classrooms of middle schools and high schools. One set of videos featured "Coach" instructing people on flight navigation and the basics of [[airplane]]s. |
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Coachman also worked for local Kansas City news station KMBC, where he was a correspondent for [[Larry King Live]]'s coverage of [[Owen Hart]]'s death in [[1999]]. |
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Coachman's father is a retired United Methodist minister. |
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==World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment== |
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Coachman began his WWF career as an interviewer, commentator, and presenter. His first appearance was at the [[Royal Rumble (2000)|2000 Royal Rumble]], where he interviewed [[Linda McMahon]] live from the now defunct *[[The World (WWE)|WWF New York]] entertainment complex. From [[2000]] to [[2003]] he would become regarded as one of the top backstage interviewers and was even featured in wrap up segments at pay-per-views, where he would conduct exclusive interviews with wrestlers shortly after their matches. Coachman would also be involved in occasional segments with [[The Rock (entertainer)|The Rock]], that saw The Rock attempt to humiliate Coachman in any form possible, whether it was singing, dancing or smiling for the camera. The Rock also accused Coachman of performing rather lewd activities with farm or wild animals. However, The Rock's ridicule worked in favor for both men, as their backstage confrontations and interviews became highly anticipated. |
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In 2001, Coachman was the sideline reporter for the [[XFL]] professional football league. He worked on the second-team broadcasts with [[Matt Vasgersian]], [[Jim Ross]], [[Jerry Lawler]], and [[Dick Butkus]]. |
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The Coach made a [[heel (professional wrestling)|heel]] [[turn (professional wrestling)|turn]] against then babyface, [[Shane McMahon]] on [[August 24]], [[2003]] at [[SummerSlam (2003)|SummerSlam]]. After this he would have an on-screen role as the "lackey" to then General Manager of RAW, [[Eric Bischoff]]. |
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Coachman would continue to work as a heel and later teamed up with his fellow [[WWE Heat]] announcer [[Al Snow]] to feud against RAW announce team, [[Jerry Lawler]] and [[Jim Ross]]. This feud would even see the pair win the right to announce the main show from the Ross and Lawler at one point. Later, Coachman would achieve a singles victory on pay-per-view at [[WWE Backlash#2004|Backlash 2004]], defeating [[Yoshihiro Tajiri|Tajiri]] (albeit with the assistance of [[Lance Cade|Garrison Cade]]). |
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Coachman would go on to host the 2004 and 2005 [[WWE Diva Search|RAW Diva Searches]] which were won by [[Christy Hemme]] and [[Ashley Massaro]] respectively. Later Coach would gain his own column in the now defunct ''RAW Magazine'' ("Coach's Corner") and his own webcast ''WWE.com'' ("CoachCast"). Throughout his success in the company Coachman's character would remain mainly disliked by superstars and fans alike. |
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Coachman was officially added as the third member to the ''RAW'' broadcast team and signed a multi-year contract with WWE in 2005. |
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During [[October 2005]], Coach was involved in a [[angle (professional wrestling)|storyline]] involving the McMahon Family publicly firing [[Jim Ross]] due to the actions of Ross' friend, [[Stone Cold Steve Austin|Steve Austin]]. The firing of Ross gave Coach the position of lead announcer on ''RAW''. The storyline would culminate in a match at [[WWE Cyber Sunday#2005|Taboo Tuesday]] where Austin would face Coach in a match with both Austin's and Jim Ross' jobs on the line. |
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Though the match was originally scheduled to be Austin versus the Coach, Austin [[No-show|refused to participate]] because of issues he had with the storyline (the original story is said to have called for Austin to lose via [[Run-in (professional wrestling)|interference]] by the returning [[Mark Henry]]). [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Champion]] [[Dave Bautista|Batista]] was renamed the opponent to play up the ''SmackDown!'' vs. ''RAW'' storylines. On the [[October 31]], [[2005]] edition of ''RAW'', Batista came out and accepted the match only to be attacked by Coach's backup, the returning [[Virgil Runnels III|Goldust]] and [[Leon White|Vader]]. At Taboo Tuesday, Batista faced off against Coach in a Street Fight. Vader and Goldust tried to interfere with the match, but Batista ended up getting the win. However, no mention of the Jim Ross stipulation was ever mentioned after the match. |
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<!-- Unsourced image removed: [[Image:StylesKingandCoach.jpg|thumb|220px|left|The former RAW Announce team as of [[May 1]], 2006; (left-right) "The Coach", [[Joey Styles]], and [[Jerry Lawler|Jerry "The King" Lawler]]]] --> |
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WWE officials soon became dissatisfied with Coach's performance as RAW's lead announcer, either because of his perceived lack of skill at doing wrestling play-by-play or because play-by-play announcers in wrestling have historically had [[babyface (professional wrestling)|babyface]] sympathies. Former [[Extreme Championship Wrestling|ECW]] announcer [[Joey Styles]] replaced Coach in a move that became permanent despite Coach's on-air protestations that Styles' presence was temporary. Coach retained a prominent role on the RAW announcing team as the heel representative of a three-man booth with Styles, the play-by-play man, and [[Jerry Lawler|Jerry "The King" Lawler]], the babyface color commentator. Coachman did often seem to have the opposite view of the other two announcers. |
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On the [[January 23]], [[2006]] edition of ''RAW'' Coach defeated Lawler to win the last RAW spot in the [[Royal Rumble (2006)|Royal Rumble Match]] via interference from the debuting [[Spirit Squad]]. Coachman would enter 7th during the match only to be eliminated by [[Paul Wight|The Big Show]]. |
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During the [[April 23]], 2006 edition of ''RAW'', after Coachman hosted a Divas bikini contest, [[Viscera (wrestler)|Viscera]] would come down to the ring and perform the ''Viscagra'' on Coachman. Coachman disappeared after this, not appearing on WWE television for several weeks. WWE has converted this into an [[Angle (professional wrestling)|angle]]. WWE.com reported that nobody, not even friends or family, knew of Coachman's whereabouts. On the [[May 5]], 2006 edition of ''HEAT'', broadcast partner [[Todd Grisham]] claimed that Coachman had quit, saying, "We've got announcers quitting left and right. It was Coach two weeks ago, Joey Styles this past week." |
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On the [[May 29]], 2006 edition of ''RAW'', it was revealed that [[Vince McMahon|Mr. McMahon]] had hired Jonathan Coachman under the new position of McMahon's Executive Assistant; to aid McMahon in the daily runnings on the ''RAW'' brand, and acts as de-facto General Manager when the McMahons are absent. While Executive Assistant, Coachman, along with the McMahons, would feud with the reformed [[D-Generation X|DX]], and also have issues with [[John Cena]]. |
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In addition to his WWE assignments, Coachman calls various sports events on [[CSTV|College Sports Television]], a cable and satellite network owned by [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]]. He also calls college basketball for [[CN8]]. |
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==In wrestling== |
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*'''Awards''' |
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:*'''[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]''' |
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::*2003 Worst Television Announcer |
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::*2005 Worst Television Announcer |
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*'''Theme songs''' |
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:*''What You Gonna Do'' by Victor Reid (September 2003 - April 2006) |
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:*''Hard Hittin''' by Homebwoi (June 2006 - present) |
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== Job titles == |
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*Former Sports Anchor for KAKE Channel 10 news in [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]]. |
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*Former Sports Writer for [[KMBC]] Channel 9 news in [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]]. |
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*Former WWE backstage interviewer. |
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*Former ''[[WWF Excess]]'' show host. |
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*Former [[pay-per-view|PPV]] color commentator. |
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*Former PPV play-by-play commentator. |
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*Former ''[[WWE Raw|WWE RAW]]'' play-by-play commentator. |
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*Former ''[[WWE Raw|WWE RAW]]'' color commentator. |
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*Current ''[[WWE Heat]]'' color commentator. |
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*[[CSTV]] commentator for college football, basketball, softball and wrestling matchups. |
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*[[Vince McMahon|Mr. McMahon's]] Executive Assistant. |
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| Jonathan Coachman | |
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| Born | August 12, 1973 Kansas City, Missouri |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Jonathan Coachman (The) Coach |
| Billed height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) |
| Billed weight | 235 lb (107 kg) |
| Billed from | Wichita, Kansas |
| Debut | 1999 |
Jonathan William Coachman (born August 12, 1973) also known as "The Coach" is an American professional wrestling personality, college wrestler, basketball player, and football play-by-play announcer and color commentator, and is best known as an occasional wrestler working for World Wrestling Entertainment on the RAW brand where he is Vince McMahon's Executive Assistant.