Coach

Coach was an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from 1989 to 1997.

The series starred Craig T. Nelson as Hayden Fox, coach of the fictional Division I-A college football team, the Minnesota State University Screaming Eagles. The series also starred Jerry Van Dyke as Luther Van Dam, Bill Fagerbakke as Michael "Dauber" Daubinski, assistant coaches under Nelson's character. The role of love interest Christine Armstrong Fox was played by Shelley Fabares. Rob Schneider also made occasional appearances, as did Lenore Kasdorf as Hayden's ex-wife. In early seasons, Coach Fox continues to come to grips with the emerging womanhood of his "little girl," Kelly, now a campus coed played by Clare Carey.

The creator and producer of the show, Barry Kemp, was an alumnus of the University of Iowa. He named the main character of Coach (Hayden Fox) after the University of Iowa's long-time football coach Hayden Fry. Many of the exterior shots of "Minnesota State" are actually of the University of Iowa, usually of students walking around the Iowa Memorial Union in downtown Iowa City. The screen shot when returning from commercial breaks is of the outside of the Hillcrest dormitory. Ironically, in a nation-wide contest for rights to perform the recording to be used for the show's well-known "marching band" opening theme, it was not the University of Iowa who won. Instead, their fierce in-state rival, the Iowa State University Cyclone Football 'Varsity' Marching band, came out on top.

The fictional college Minnesota State University was intended to reflect the University of Minnesota and its team the Golden Gophers, but the University of Minnesota withdrew its approval. At the time no school was named Minnesota State University, but since then two schools in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System have renamed themselves such: Minnesota State University Mankato (formerly Mankato State University) and Minnesota State University Moorhead (formerly Moorhead State University). In the fictional world of Coach, Minnesota State takes the place of the University of Minnesota in the Big Ten Conference; in several episodes the characters talk about games with Big Ten schools like The University of Iowa and Michigan State University. The Screaming Eagles reflect the reputation of the real-world Golden Gophers, widely seen as a poor football team, albeit one with a glorious past. The colors and logo of the fictional Minnesota State closely resemble those of Saint Michael's College in Colchester, Vermont from the era the show was filmed.

In the 1995 season, Hayden gets a chance to fulfill his ultimate dream and become the head coach of a professional NFL team. But this opportunity comes at the expense of trying to do so with the fictional expansion team the Orlando Breakers, who are now owned by a recent widow, Doris Sherman played by Katherine Helmond who is more interested in making money off of the team rather than letting Coach Fox guide them to success on the football field. These seasons are generally considered poor by fans of the show, some of whom believe them to be rehashings of plot elements from the first seasons.

Repeats of Coach aired in syndication for years from September 1993 onward, and today they air on USA Network.

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Coach Episodes

Coach Season 1

1. 1- 1 64503 28 Feb 89 Kelly and the Professor
2. 1- 2 83547 1 Mar 89 Love Me Tender
3. 1- 3 64501 8 Mar 89 Kelly, Meet Christine
4. 1- 4 64510 15 Mar 89 I'm In Love With A Boy Named Stuart
5. 1- 5 64502 22 Mar 89 The Loss Weekend
6. 1- 6 64511 5 Apr 89 Gambling For Meat
7. 1- 7 64513 12 Apr 89 19 Candles
8. 1- 8 64504 19 Apr 89 Parents' Weekend
9. 1- 9 64505 26 Apr 89 I'm Sorry I Told You My Wife Was Dead
10. 1-10 64509 3 May 89 Define Romance
11. 1-11 64512 17 May 89 Whose Team Is It, Anyway?
12. 1-12 64506 31 May 89 Hoot, Hoot Hike
13. 1-13 64514 7 Jun 89 Dauber's Blow-Out

Coach Season 2

14. 2- 1 65508 21 Nov 89 I Don't Know Much About Art, But I Know What Makes Me Mad
15. 2- 2 65507 28 Nov 89 Dauber's Got A Girl
16. 2- 3 65502 5 Dec 89 Bring Me the Head of Stuart Rosebrock (1)
17. 2- 4 65503 12 Dec 89 If A Coach Falls in the Woods (2)
18. 2- 5 65512 19 Dec 89 If Keith Jackson Calls, I'll Be At My Therapist's
19. 2- 6 65510 26 Dec 89 I'm In The Mood For Luther
20. 2- 7 65509 2 Jan 90 A Man and A Woman (and Two Theater Majors)
21. 2- 8 65514 9 Jan 90 The Investment
22. 2- 9 65513 16 Jan 90 I've Got A Secret
23. 2-10 65515 23 Jan 90 The Curley O'Brien Award
24. 2-11 65516 30 Jan 90 The Rosebrocks of Wisconsin
25. 2-12 65511 13 Feb 90 Coaches Conference
26. 2-13 65518 20 Feb 90 Carnival Knowledge
27. 2-14 65505 27 Feb 90 Haven't I Slept With You Somewhere Before?
28. 2-15 65517 6 Mar 90 Homewreckers
29. 2-16 65519 13 Mar 90 Professor Doolittle
30. 2-17 65520 20 Mar 90 Sunshine on My Shoulder Makes Me Happy: A Show About Bird Ransom
31. 2-18 65521 4 Apr 90 Kelly Girl
32. 2-19 65522 17 Apr 90 A Jerk at the Opera
33. 2-20 65523 5 May 90 Poodle Springs

Coach Season 3

34. 3- 1 66601 25 Sep 90 That Shouldn't Happen
35. 3- 2 66606 2 Oct 90 Magnificent Abscession
36. 3- 3 66604 9 Oct 90 The Day That Moses Came to Town
37. 3- 4 66604 16 Oct 90 Is This Your First Time on the Riverboat, Miss Watkins?
38. 3- 5 66610 23 Oct 90 Hayden's in the Kitchen with Dinah
39. 3- 6 66609 30 Oct 90 Hayden and Luther's Excellent Adventure
40. 3- 7 66611 6 Nov 90 The Break-Up
41. 3- 8 66612 13 Nov 90 The Iceman Goeth
42. 3- 9 66613 27 Nov 90 Cabin Fever
43. 3-10 66614 4 Dec 90 Men Don't Heal
44. 3-11 66615 11 Dec 90 When Hayden Met Christine
45. 3-12 66616 18 Dec 90 Christmas Brains
46. 3-13 66618 8 Jan 91 Dauber Graduates
47. 3-14 66617 22 Jan 91 Puppy Love
48. 3-15 66607 5 Feb 91 The Marion Kind (1)
49. 3-16 66608 12 Feb 91 The Marion Kind (2)
50. 3-17 66620 19 Feb 91 Leonard Kraleman: All-American
51. 3-18 66619 26 Feb 91 2 BRs, MTN, VW
52. 3-19 66622 12 Mar 91 Hurley-Burleigh
53. 3-20 66623 26 Mar 91 Hayden Fox for Universal Jocks
54. 3-21 66624 2 Apr 91 A Father and Son Reunion
55. 3-22 66625 9 Apr 91 Diamonds are a Dentist's Best Friend

Coach Season 4

56. 4- 1 67201 27 Sep 91 The Kick-off and the Kiss-off
57. 4- 2 67202 4 Oct 91 Since My Beaver Left Me
58. 4- 3 67208 25 Oct 91 A Real Guy's Guy
59. 4- 4 62705 2 Nov 91 Any Place I Hang Myself is Home
60. 4- 5 67211 9 Nov 91 Requiem for a Groundskeeper
61. 4- 6 67206 16 Nov 91 I Think I Can't, I Think I Can't
62. 4- 7 67215 23 Nov 91 I Hate Barbara
63. 4- 8 67210 27 Nov 91 Loonstruck
64. 4- 9 67212 7 Dec 91 The Pineapple Bowl (1)
65. 4-10 67213 17 Dec 91 The Pineapple Bowl (2)
66. 4-11 67214 6 Jan 92 Rizzendough Revisited
67. 4-12 67216 11 Jan 92 Return of the Marriage Killer
68. 4-13 67217 3 Feb 92 War of the Dopes
69. 4-14 67218 8 Feb 92 The Woodchuck, the Beaver and the Fox: A Menage a Trois
70. 4-15 67219 15 Feb 92 No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
71. 4-16 67220 22 Feb 92 Last of the Red-Hot Luthers
72. 4-17 67222 14 Mar 92 The Old Fish and the Shoes
73. 4-18 67209 24 Apr 92 Dateline-Bangkok
74. 4-19 67223 2 May 92 If That's Opportunity, Don't Answer
75. 4-20 67224 11 May 92 Frequent Flyers, Crossed Wires
76. 4-21 67225 18 May 92 Can We Go Home Now?

Coach Season 5

77. 5- 1 68301 14 Sep 92 To Air is Human
78. 5- 2 68305 21 Sep 92 Big Brother, Little Brain
79. 5- 3 68310 28 Sep 92 Father of the Year
80. 5- 4 68303 19 Sep 92 Born Luther
81. 5- 5 68304 12 Oct 92 Shirley Burleigh, Girlie Friday
82. 5- 6 68311 19 Oct 92 Rizzendough Rendezvous
84. 5- 7 68309 9 Nov 92 The Bachelor Party
85. 5- 8 88308 14 Nov 92 Dresswreckers
86. 5- 9 64312 23 Nov 92 Vows
87. 5-10 64313 2 Dec 92 The Patriot Bowl
88. 5-11 68314 15 Dec 92 My True Love Gave To Me...
89. 5-12 68316 5 Jan 93 The Commercial (1)
90. 5-13 68317 12 Jan 93 The Commercial (2)
91. 5-14 68319 26 Jan 93 Buzzy Money
92. 5-15 68318 2 Feb 93 Vegas Odds
93. 5-16 68315 16 Feb 93 Burden of the Burleighs
94. 5-17 68320 23 Feb 93 The Bigger They Are
95. 5-18 69321 9 Mar 93 Luthario
96. 5-19 68307 30 Mar 93 Dirty Tricks
97. 5-20 68322 30 Apr 93 About Face
98. 5-21 68323 11 May 93 Why So Happy, Hayden?
99. 5-22 68324 18 May 93 One for the Road

Coach Season 6

100. 6- 1 69201 14 Sep 93 Baby on Board?
101. 6- 2 69203 21 Sep 93 Belly of the Beast
102. 6- 3 69202 28 Sep 93 Nice Job If You Can Get It
103. 6- 4 69204 5 Oct 93 The Luck Stops Here
104. 6- 5 69205 12 Oct 93 If She Can Make It There...
105. 6- 6 69207 26 Oct 93 Uneasy Riders
106. 6- 7 69214 2 Nov 93 Piece O' Cake
107. 6- 8 69206 9 Nov 93 Running On Empty
108. 6- 9 69208 16 Nov 93 It Came From New York
109. 6-10 69216 30 Nov 93 The Playbook
110. 6-11 69210 7 Dec 93 The Pioneer Bowl
111. 6-12 69215 14 Dec 93 Christmas of the Van Damned
112. 6-13 69218 4 Jan 94 The Babywreckers
113. 6-14 69211 11 Jan 94 Coach For a Day (1)
114. 6-15 69212 18 Jan 94 Coach For a Day (2)
115. 6-16 69221 8 Feb 94 My Cup Runneth Over
116. 6-17 69219 15 Feb 94 Like Father, Like Daughter
117. 6-18 69217 22 Feb 94 The Devil in Mrs. Burleigh
118. 6-19 69224 1 Mar 94 Blue Chip Blues
119. 6-20 69213 8 Mar 94 The Stand-In
120. 6-21 69225 22 Mar 94 Something Old, Something New
121. 6-22 69226 5 Apr 94 One of the Guys
122. 6-23 69227 3 May 94 My Best Friend's Girl
123. 6-24 69228 10 May 94 Goodbye, Mr. Putts
124. 6-25 69222 17 May 94 Head Like a Wheel
125. 6-26 82144 24 May 94 Coach - The One-Hour Special (1)
126. 6-27 82144 24 May 94 Coach - The One-Hour Special (2)

Coach Season 7

127. 7- 1 69801 12 Sep 94 Pros & Cons
128. 7- 2 69802 19 Sep 94 It Should Happen to You
129. 7- 3 69803 2 Oct 94 Graceless Under Fire
130. 7- 4 69805 3 Oct 94 Judy's Turn
131. 7- 5 69804 16 Oct 94 Above and Beyond the Call of Hayden
132. 7- 6 69807 17 Oct 94 Inconceivable
133. 7- 7 69806 24 Oct 94 Jailbirds
134. 7- 8 69816 7 Nov 94 My Fair Agent
135. 7- 9 69812 19 Nov 94 Be A Good Sport
136. 7-10 69808 27 Nov 94 Working Girl
137. 7-11 69810 28 Nov 94 Out of Control
138. 7-12 69818 12 Dec 94 The Popcorn Bowl
139. 7-13 69814 19 Dec 94 Luther and Ruthanne Take the Big 12 Steps
140. 7-14 69817 9 Jan 95 Did Someone Call Me Snorer?
141. 7-15 69811 16 Jan 95 Close Encounters of the Worst Kind
142. 7-16 69809 23 Jan 95 The Kicker
143. 7-17 69822 6 Feb 95 The Walk-On
144. 7-18 69823 13 Feb 95 Call Me Cupid
145. 7-19 69821 20 Feb 95 Johnsonwreckers
146. 7-20 69813 28 Feb 95 The Day I Met Frank Gifford
147. 7-21 69819 13 Mar 95 Kelly's New Guy (1)
148. 7-22 69820 20 Mar 95 Kelly's New Guy (2)
149. 7-23 69824 4 Apr 95 Ten Percent of Nothing
150. 7-24 67203 16 Apr 95 Don't Get Mad, Get Cooley
151. 7-25 69825 3 May 95 Oh, A Pro Job (1)
152. 7-26 69826 10 May 95 Oh, A Pro Job (2)

Coach Season 8

153. 8- 1 K0301 13 Sep 95 Is It Hot In Here, Or Is It Me? (1)
154. 8- 2 K0302 20 Sep 95 Is It Hot In Here, Or Is It Me? (2)
155. 8- 3 K0303 27 Sep 95 Fool For Lunch
156. 8- 4 K0304 17 Oct 95 She's Having Our Baby (1)
157. 8- 5 K0305 24 Oct 95 She's Having Our Baby (2)
158. 8- 6 K0306 31 Oct 95 Bo Knows
159. 8- 7 K0315 7 Nov 95 Coach's Cornered
160. 8- 8 K0313 14 Nov 95 Turtle World
161. 8- 9 K0310 21 Nov 95 There's Got To Be A Mourning After (1)
162. 8-10 K0311 28 Nov 95 There's Got To Be A Mourning After (2)
163. 8-11 K0307 5 Dec 95 Bye Bye Burleigh (1)
164. 8-12 K0308 12 Dec 95 Bye Bye Burleigh (2)
165. 8-13 K0317 19 Dec 95 The Tight End
166. 8-14 K0314 2 Jan 96 Nice Guys Get Cut
167. 8-15 K0318 26 Jan 96 Her Boyfriend's Back
168. 8-16 K0320 6 Feb 96 The Gardener
169. 8-17 K0321 13 Feb 96 Patching Things Up
170. 8-18 K0322 20 Feb 96 Save the Wave
171. 8-19 K0316 27 Feb 96 Dauber's Vehicle
172. 8-20 K0319 12 Mar 96 Quarantine
173. 8-21 K0326 19 Mar 96 Van Damn vs. Fox
174. 8-22 K0327 2 Apr 96 Fantasy Camp
175. 8-23 K0328 30 Apr 96 Luther Get Your Gun
176. 8-24 K0325 7 May 96 A Player to be Named Later
177. 8-25 K0323 21 May 96 Somebody's Baby

Coach Season 9

178. 9- 1 K1701 28 Sep 96 Sleepless in Orlando
179. 9- 2 K1704 5 Oct 96 Just Short of the Goal
180. 9- 3 K1702 12 Oct 96 Last Tango in Orlando
181. 9- 4 K1706 19 Oct 96 Isn't It Romantic?
182. 9- 5 K1703 26 Oct 96 We Can Never Die
183. 9- 6 K1707 26 Oct 96 Grimmworld
184. 9- 7 K1705 11 Dec 96 In the Money
185. 9- 8 K1705 18 Dec 96 You Win Some, You Lose Some
186. 9- 9 K1713 20 Dec 96 Wings Over Buffalo
187. 9-10 K1710 8 Jan 97 Somewhere Out There
188. 9-11 K1709 22 Jan 97 A Boy and His Doll
189. 9-12 K1711 5 Feb 97 The Body Gardener
190. 9-13 K1718 12 Feb 97 To Ski Or Not To Ski
191. 9-14 K1724 19 Feb 97 It's A Swamp Thing
192. 9-15 K1719 26 Feb 97 Viva Las Ratings
193. 9-16 K1717 12 Mar 97 A Fox By Any Other Name
194. 9-17 K1716 26 Mar 97 The Stench of Death
195. 9-18 K1720 2 Apr 97 Baby Coaches
196. 9-19 K1721 16 Apr 97 Upsized
197. 9-20 K1715 23 Apr 97 The Neighbor Hood
198. 9-21 K1772 7 May 97 Leaving Orlando (1)
199. 9-22 K1723 14 May 97 Leaving Orlando (2)
200. 9-23 K1724 14 May 97 Leaving Orlando (3)