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United States Jonathan Coachman has established a career spanning professional wrestling commentary, sports analysis, and broadcasting across various major networks.
Jonathan Coachman has had an extensive career with WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment), serving in multiple roles including interviewer, commentator, presenter on Smackdown! and Raw, Executive Assistant, and Interim General Manager. He also contributed to WWE's partnership with ESPN by presenting highlights and conducting interviews.
Coachman joined ESPN in 2008, where he became an anchor for SportsCenter and hosted the nationally syndicated radio program Coach & Company. He was instrumental in connecting the worlds of WWE and ESPN by presenting WWE highlights and conducting interviews with WWE wrestlers on SportsCenter.
As part of WWE's television deal with NBCUniversal, Jonathan Coachman became the play-by-play announcer for the World Long Drive Championship and a commentator for PGA Tour Live, an NBC Sports Gold subscription service.
As of 2021, Coachman was employed by CBS Sports, further expanding his sports broadcasting portfolio.
Jonathan Coachman serves as an analyst for the Mixed Martial Arts promotion Professional Fighters League (PFL).
Jonathan Coachman mentioned Morgan and Morgan as a proud partner of the WWE, giving away tickets to Royal Rumble and $2000.
Jonathan William Coachman was born on August 12, 1973, in McPherson, Kansas. Prior to his extensive career in broadcasting and professional wrestling, Coachman was a high school basketball player, achieving two state championships at McPherson High School. He continued his basketball career at McPherson College, where he also engaged in theatre, served as the sports editor for the school newspaper, and provided play-by-play and color commentary for local football and basketball radio broadcasts. His early broadcasting experience included work as a sports reporter/anchor at KAKE in Wichita, Kansas, and a correspondent for KMBC-TV in Kansas City, covering significant events like the death of Owen Hart in 1999.
Coachman began his World Wrestling Federation (WWF) career in 1999 as an interviewer, commentator, and presenter on *SmackDown!*. He gained recognition for occasional segments with The Rock and later made a heel turn in August 2003 at SummerSlam, transitioning into an on-screen role as the executive assistant to Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff. He became a prominent figure in WWE programming, participating in storylines, winning a singles match at Backlash in 2004, and hosting the Raw Diva Searches in 2004 and 2005. He also held positions as lead announcer on Raw and later as Interim General Manager after the kayfabe death of Vince McMahon in 2007, and eventually became a SmackDown commentator before his departure in 2008.
After leaving WWE in 2008, Coachman joined ESPN, where he became an anchor for *SportsCenter* and later hosted *Coach & Company* on ESPN Radio. From 2015, he began presenting WWE highlights on ESPN, fostering a connection between the two worlds. He departed ESPN in 2017 when his contract expired. He returned to WWE in 2018 as part of the Raw commentary team and later served as the pre-show panel host for pay-per-views. Concurrently, he worked with NBC Sports Group as a play-by-play announcer for the World Long Drive Championship and a commentator for PGA Tour Live. Coachman also holds positions with CBS Sports as of 2021 and as an analyst for the Professional Fighters League.
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