 An NBC network executive, Coakley first appears in the Season 6 episode "Murphy's Lie" when he tries to talk to Jamie-Lynn Sigler regarding a new project.Drama, who approached Sigler to co-star with him in "Five Towns", suspects Coakley's trying to sleep with her and confronts the executive about it.When Drama tries to lay his hand on Coakley, the official taunts him with sexual exploits of himself and Sigler and eventually has the writers make less scenes involving Drama's character.