It is mentioned here that Coach Reeves grew up with an alcoholic father.
Lincoln Kilpatrick, Sr., who portrayed Rev. Jackson, was the real life father of Erik Kilpatrick, who portrayed Curtis Jackson.
Several of the most iconic opening-credit sequences happen within one minute: When Thorpe and Coolidge are driving the truck; when Hayward and Goldstein are slugging it out in the back of the truck, full of furniture.
Christine Belford is the first of many love interests (dates) for Coach Reeves.