![Colin Coates out to prove people wrong yet again as experienced defender joins the ranks at Ballymena United Colin Coates out to prove people wrong yet again as experienced defender joins the ranks at Ballymena United](https://www.newsletter.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmEwMzY2NzU0LTQyMzItNDA2My1hNWNiLWMyMGYzNzVmMzdhYjowM2RhZDljYi01YTc0LTRmYTMtOTBjOC1lM2ExMzBkYTFjMjU=.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65)
Colin Coates out to prove people wrong yet again as experienced defender joins the ranks at Ballymena United
![Professor Colin Coates to serve as Glendon associate principal, research and graduate studies | Glendon Professor Colin Coates to serve as Glendon associate principal, research and graduate studies | Glendon](https://www.glendon.yorku.ca/wp-content/uploads/bio_coates.jpg)
Professor Colin Coates to serve as Glendon associate principal, research and graduate studies | Glendon
![Colin Coates: 'I nearly walked away from football in my teens but I stuck with it, won every medal in the local game and played for my country' | BelfastTelegraph.co.uk Colin Coates: 'I nearly walked away from football in my teens but I stuck with it, won every medal in the local game and played for my country' | BelfastTelegraph.co.uk](https://focus.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/thumbor/iCb66Ak_ABi30nPJiVntpPgdj4Y=/0x103:2251x1345/550x550/prod-mh-ireland/db2f9692-951a-11ed-a445-0210609a3fe2.png)
Colin Coates: 'I nearly walked away from football in my teens but I stuck with it, won every medal in the local game and played for my country' | BelfastTelegraph.co.uk
![Irish League transfer news: Ballymena land Colin Coates, while Chris Curran agrees to stay at Cliftonville | BelfastTelegraph.co.uk Irish League transfer news: Ballymena land Colin Coates, while Chris Curran agrees to stay at Cliftonville | BelfastTelegraph.co.uk](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/prod-mh-ireland/94a3f5bb-c547-48bb-bad0-d86707fa26ce/1cc6b2d1-680d-4526-82f5-a5c88e09397e/pe_00922582%20%282%29.jpg)
Irish League transfer news: Ballymena land Colin Coates, while Chris Curran agrees to stay at Cliftonville | BelfastTelegraph.co.uk
![Colin Coates: 'I nearly walked away from football in my teens but I stuck with it, won every medal in the local game and played for my country' | BelfastTelegraph.co.uk Colin Coates: 'I nearly walked away from football in my teens but I stuck with it, won every medal in the local game and played for my country' | BelfastTelegraph.co.uk](https://focus.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/thumbor/HrkmfkBauxNHc_o8Piy7_GdG8l8=/0x0:1489x824/960x640/prod-mh-ireland/db2fb5b4-951a-11ed-90b9-0210609a3fe2.png)