Coach (1978)

An Olympic Gold medalist is hired to coach the boys basketball team. But when Coach Randy Rawlings arrives, the school's sexist principal discovers he hired a woman. Blocked from firing her... See full summary »

Director:

Bud Townsend

Writers:

Stephen Bruce Rose, Nancy Larson,

Stars:

Cathy Lee Crosby, Michael Biehn, Keenan Wynn

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Cathy Lee Crosby	...	Randy Rawlings
Michael Biehn	...	Jack Ripley
Keenan Wynn	...	Fenton 'F.R.' Granger
Channing Clarkson	...	Bradley William David Granger
Steve Nevil	...	Ralph
Jack David Walker	...	Ned
Meridith Baer	...	Janet
Myron McGill	...	Danny
Robyn Pohle	...	Candy
Kristine Greco	...	Darlene
Brent Huff	...	Keith
Cindy Daly	...	Wanda
Rosanne Katon	...	Sue
Lenka Novak	...	Marilyn
Otto Felix	...	Tom

Storyline

An Olympic Gold medalist is hired to coach the boys basketball team. But when Coach Randy Rawlings arrives, the school's sexist principal discovers he hired a woman. Blocked from firing her due to discrimination laws, he tries to make sure the team loses, so he can fire her for poor performance.

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Plot Keywords:

coach | basketball | female coach | basketball movie | male nudity | 

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Taglines:

Everybody Loves A Winner !

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Genres:

Comedy | Sport

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Official Sites:

Crown International Pictures

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 March 1978 (USA)

Also Known As:

Swinging Coach

Company Credits

Production Co:

Marimark Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

Quentin Tarantino owns a 35mm copy of this film.

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Connections

Featured in 42nd Street Forever, Volume 4: Cooled by Refrigeration (2009)

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Soundtracks

"Coach"
Words, Music and Performed by Anthony Harris

User Reviews

Uninteresting satire is too simple and ordinary.

This one acts as a satire during the women's rights movement era. Of course, that doesn't mean COACH (the movie) is a wonderful experience to behold. It runs into the same vein as FASTBREAK (which was better, but still tame), and is basically standard fare fluff. What I mean for this movie being uninteresting is simple to recognize. Anybody who serves time away from a normal job by training a bunch of lunatics earning their way to sudden victory makes waste. It's the same feeling you may get after watching this. A nice attempt at casting the opposite sex for a man's duty, but I expected better things.