Dr. Coates is a native to Utah. He graduated from Bingham High in 1988 continuing his education at the University of Utah, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biology in June 1995. He received his Doctor of Dental Surgery from Creighton University in May 1999. After finishing his schooling he and his wife moved home to Utah where he was a Resident Dentist at the University of Utah for a year before starting his own practice.
Dr. Coates joined the Utah Army National Guard in August of 2001 as a Dentist and has been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. He is able to do humanitarian missions through the National Guard every year and takes pride in serving people and his Country.
Dr. Coates, his wife and 3 children reside in South Jordan and call this area of the Salt Lake Valley home. He enjoys the outdoors, fishing, biking, running and most of all University of Utah Football.