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==Educational counseling==

==Educational counseling==

Coon left the GOP executive director's position in the fall of 1975 to begin work on his [[Ph.D.]] (then Ed.D) in counselor education at the at the [[University of Arkansas]] at Fayetteville. He completed the program in 1979 and worked for two years for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arkansas. He was licensed as a counselor in 1980. <ref>[http://www.lifeguidecenter.com/whoweare/].</ref>

Coon left the GOP executive director's position in the fall of 1975 to begin work on his [[Ph.D.]] (then Ed.D) in counselor education at the at the [[University of Arkansas]] at Fayetteville. He completed the program in 1979 and worked for two years for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arkansas. He was licensed as a counselor in 1980.<ref>[http://www.lifeguidecenter.com/whoweare/].</ref>

   

   

Coon established his counseling and motivational speaking bureau, the Life Guide Center of Human Resource Development and Career Counseling.<ref>[http://www.lifeguidecenter.com/].</ref> He was licensed as a psychologist in 1985. He is also an adjunct professor of human resources development for the Little Rock campus of Webster University in [[Saint Louis]], [[Missouri]].<ref>[http://www.webster.edu/iw/iw/011127/webmain.html#know].</ref>  

Coon established his counseling and motivational speaking bureau, the Life Guide Center of Human Resource Development and Career Counseling.<ref>[http://www.lifeguidecenter.com/].</ref> He was licensed as a psychologist in 1985. He is also an adjunct professor of human resources development for the Little Rock campus of Webster University in [[Saint Louis]], [[Missouri]].<ref>[http://www.webster.edu/iw/iw/011127/webmain.html#know].</ref>  

Coon's chairmanship of the Arkansas party, which was considered quite successful overall, coincided with a heated 1990 Republican gubernatorial primary between then U.S. Representative Tommy Robinson, a controversial former Democratic [[sheriff]] known for shoot-at-the-hip remarks, and the more conventional  Sheffield Nelson, also a former Democrat and the favorite of the business establishment. The Robinson-Nelson contest was believed to have so divided the minority GOP that once again it could not compete effectively, with Nelson as the nominee in 1990 against Governor Clinton, who appeared on an Arkansas ballot for the last time as a candidate for governor.<ref> [http://www.thevanguard.org/thevanguard/columns/rpa_1990.shtml].</ref> The primary even split many Republican families. Coon himself insists that he has never told anyone how he personally voted in the Robinson-Nelson contest.

Coon's chairmanship of the Arkansas party, which was considered quite successful overall, coincided with a heated 1990 Republican gubernatorial primary between then U.S. Representative Tommy Robinson, a controversial former Democratic [[sheriff]] known for shoot-at-the-hip remarks, and the more conventional  Sheffield Nelson, also a former Democrat and the favorite of the business establishment. The Robinson-Nelson contest was believed to have so divided the minority GOP that once again it could not compete effectively, with Nelson as the nominee in 1990 against Governor Clinton, who appeared on an Arkansas ballot for the last time as a candidate for governor.<ref> [http://www.thevanguard.org/thevanguard/columns/rpa_1990.shtml].</ref> The primary even split many Republican families. Coon himself insists that he has never told anyone how he personally voted in the Robinson-Nelson contest.

In 1996, Coon ran unsuccessfully in the Republican primary for the Little Rock-based open 2nd congressional district seat, which was ultimately won by the liberal Democrat Victor F. Snyder. Later GOP efforts to topple Snyder failed.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/states/AR/CQ.preview.shtml]; "Arkansas Times", July 5, 1996.</ref>  

In 1996, Coon ran unsuccessfully in the Republican primary for the Little Rock-based open 2nd congressional district seat, which was ultimately won by the liberal Democrat Victor F. Snyder. Later GOP efforts to topple Snyder failed.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/states/AR/CQ.preview.shtml], "Arkansas Times", July 5, 1996.</ref>  

In retrospect, Coon appears to have been something of a Republican transitional figure between the governorships of Winthrop Rockefeller (1967-1971) and the later [[Mike Huckabee]] (1994-2007).

In retrospect, Coon appears to have been something of a Republican transitional figure between the governorships of Winthrop Rockefeller (1967-1971) and the later [[Mike Huckabee]] (1994-2007).