He attended Needham B. Broughton High School, earned a Bachelor of Science degree at Wake Forest University in business.

During Coble's term as mayor, the city had to rapidly respond to a record 25-inch snow storm and opened the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts.

Coble focused on public safety issues and promoted a program to prosecute gun violence under Federal laws.

[6] The following year, Coble ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the North Carolina State Senate against Democrat Eric Reeves.

[7] In 2006, Coble sought a comeback to elective office by running for an open seat on the Wake County Board of Commissioners.

[9] In December 2008, Coble downplayed reports that he was considering running for Governor of North Carolina in the 2012 election, challenging Bev Perdue.

[10] Instead, he later announced that he would run for the U.S. House in North Carolina's 13th congressional district, then occupied by U.S. Representative Brad Miller.