Andy Coats

Andy Coats
Mayor of Oklahoma City
In office
April 13, 1983 – April 14, 1987
Preceded by Patience Latting
Succeeded by Ron Norick
Personal details
Born (1935-01-19) January 19, 1935
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Political party Democratic
Alma mater University of Oklahoma
Profession Attorney

Andrew Montgomery "Andy" Coats (born January 19, 1935) is an American politician.[1] A Democrat, he served as mayor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from 1983 to 1987. He attended the University of Oklahoma and is an attorney. From 1996 to 2010, he was the Dean of the University of Oklahoma College of Law. He is also a former president of the American College of Trial Lawyers. From 1976 to 1980, he was Oklahoma County District Attorney. In 1980, he unsuccessfully ran in the United States Senate election in Oklahoma, 1980 to replace Henry Bellmon. He was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 2005.[2][3] His son, Sanford Coats has served as United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma since 2009.

References

  1. ↑ Who's Who in the South and Southwest. Marquis Who's Who. 1999.
  2. ↑ "Coats, Dean Andrew M.". OU College of Law. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
  3. ↑ Buratti, Barbara (2010-12-01). "Andrew M. Coats: Trial Lawyer, Public Servant, Dean". Distinctly Oklahoma.
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