"Coach" (1989) TV series 1989-1997

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Writer:

Jonathan Torp (writer)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

Release Date:

23 September 1989 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Sport

Plot:

Hayden Fox is the head coach of a university football team, and eats, sleeps and lives football. His partner...

Plot Keywords:

College | Minnesota | American Football

Awards:

Nominated for 5 Golden Globes. Another 12 wins & 15 nominations

US TV Schedule:

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Wed. July 22	8:00 PM	WGNAMER	Dirty Tricks	#5.19
Wed. July 22	8:30 PM	WGNAMER	Dresswreckers	#5.8

Cast

Craig T. Nelson	...	Coach Hayden Fox (199 episodes, 1989-1997)
Jerry Van Dyke	...	Assistant Coach Luther Horatio Van Dam (199 episodes, 1989-1997)
Shelley Fabares	...	Christine Armstrong (199 episodes, 1989-1997)
Bill Fagerbakke	...	Dauber Dybinski (189 episodes, 1989-1997)

Runtime:

30 min (200 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

Citrus Bowl - 1610 W. Church Street, Orlando, Florida, USA

Company:

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Trivia:

In the later episodes where Coach Fox is the head coach of the Orlando Breakers, the view of the stadium outside his office window is actually Milwaukee County Stadium.

Quotes:

Coach Hayden Fox: You graduated from college and now you won't wash my car?
Dauber: Uh-Huh
Coach Hayden Fox: You see, this is why I hate education.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-02-15)" (2008)

I'm No Sports Fan I Must Admit, But I Just Couldn't Help Loving This Excellent Prime-Time Sitcom Nonetheless!

To be truly honest I can count on only one hand the number of television sitcoms from the last twenty years or so that I could say I both enjoyed and was more than willing to call four star entertainment all the way! "Coach" was of course one of those shows. The immensely reliable Craig T. Nelson plays the lead character of Hayden Fox: Your atypical everyman who just happens to be the head coach of a respected and award-winning college football team. With wacky situations that arise from his far from perfect friends/co-workers (Jerry Van Dyke actually surpasses his brother in my book in the kooky, but lovable buddy department), a loving and often indifferent girlfriend (played by 50's bubblegum pop-music sensation Shelly Fabres) and a highly passionate and level-headed daughter Nelson's oft frustrated character yearns from episode to episode for moments of clarity and sanity when he is able to just sit back and let things work themselves out without his constant attention and care. In an era when adult television programming began to lean towards the moronic and disgusting "Coach" remained a funny and brilliantly acted situation comedy that I could always be assured would never slip into that seemingly empty never-ending cycle of stupidity and lame gross-out jokes. However though, with that being said the last two seasons did in fact begin to feel a little stale in terms of the writing and performances but that's to be expected with almost any sitcom particularly one that's been on TV for more than half a decade! Altogether, I am of the opinion that it's high time for a DVD release. However, the way things look right now I doubt that it's going to come any time real soon for us die-hard and all too patient fans out here. If it never does actually make it to that long-awaited point it will most assuredly be a damn shame if ever there was one!