Biography
Troy graduated from Skyline High School in the Dallas Independent School District. He then attended the University of Texas at Austin and received a bachelors degree. Prior to beginning his career as a singer, he worked as the assistant manager of a Dallas area Foot Locker.
He got the name Cowboy Troy in college, after a friend used the name to distinguish the cowboy-hat-wearing Coleman from his other friends named Troy.
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