At club level he played with Ballinhassig, divisional side Carrigdhoun and was also a member of the Cork senior hurling team.
Coleman first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Ballinhassig club while also lining out with St. Finbarr's College in the Harty Cup.
[5] He was drafted onto the senior team that same year and made a number of appearances in the National League over subsequent seasons.
Coleman made his only championship appearance when he came on as a substitute in Cork's defeat by Tipperary in the 1968 Munster final.
[7] He later left the party, joined the Progressive Democrats and was an unsuccessful candidate in the 1989 general election in the Cork South Central constituency.