Editing Jonathan Coachman (section)

==Early life==
Before embarking on an announcing career in [[professional wrestling]], Coachman was a [[Secondary school|high school]] [[basketball]] player. After two state basketball championships at McPherson High School in [[McPherson, Kansas]], Coachman moved across town to continue playing for [[McPherson College]]. While at McPherson, Coachman's interests included participating in theatre, serving as the sports editor for the [[student newspaper|school newspaper]], and doing [[Sports commentator|play-by-play]] and [[color commentator|color commentary]] for the local [[American football|football]] and basketball radio broadcasts. Coachman was also a sports reporter/anchor at [[KAKE]] in [[Wichita, Kansas]], and also lived for a time in [[Newton Falls, Ohio]], frequently attending [[Youngstown State Penguins]] basketball games.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=TheCoachrules|author=Jonathan Coachman|number=684250317924495360|date=5 January 2016|title=I lived in Newton falls for a short time so have been to games at YSU several times.}}</ref>

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. He also had a "boyfriend-in-a-box" modeled after him during college. Coachman also worked for local [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]] news station [[KMBC-TV]], where he was a correspondent for ''[[Larry King Live]]'''s coverage of [[Owen Hart]]'s death in May 1999.