He worked in the oil industry while serving in the New Mexico House of Representatives, representing a Roswell district from 1967 to 1974, and then Santa Fe's District 47 from 1980 to 2004.
He worked in the oil industry while serving in the New Mexico House of Representatives, representing a Roswell district from 1967 to 1974 as a Republican. Coll was re-elected to the New Mexico House of Representatives, this time representing Santa Fe's District 47 from 1980 to 2004.