[2][6] In 1981, he persuaded communications entrepreneur Frank Batten to help establish The Weather Channel, serving as TWC's CEO and President during the start-up and its first year of operation.

[4] Coleman obtained professional membership status in the American Meteorological Society and was named AMS Broadcast Meteorologist of the Year in 1983.

[2] Coleman spoke out as a "rejectionis[t]" of global warming in 2007 after watching NBC's "Green is Universal" week, when as a sign of environmental awareness, the studio lights were cut for portions of Sunday Night Football's pre-game and half-time shows.

[10] He called global warming the "greatest scam in history"[11] and made numerous false or misleading claims about climate science.

[12][13] Coleman held a bachelor's degree in journalism and stated in interviews that he has not conducted any scientific research in the area of climate change.