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Director
  
Don Medford

Writer
  
Frank Abatemarco

Running time
  
1h 36m

Music director
  
Mike Post, Pete Carpenter

Language
  
English

5.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

Duration
  

Screenplay
  
Frank Abatemarco

Country
  
USA


Release date
  
1980

Cast
  
Robert Conrad
(Jim Brandon),
Erin Gray
(Paula DeFalco),
Red West
(Superintendant Turner),
Daphne Reid
(Merissa Lane (as Daphne Maxwell))

Similar movies
  
Rocky IV
,
Rocky
,
Pulp Fiction
,
Rocky III
,
Rocky II
,
Foxcatcher

Tagline
  
One determined man can make a difference

Coach of the Year is a 1980 American TV film about a paraplegic coach, starring Robert Conrad, Erin Gray, Red West and Daphne Reid.

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Coach of the year


Plot

Jim Brandon (Robert Conrad), a former player for the Chicago Bears, is a returning veteran who has been paralyzed in the Vietnam War. Upon his return to his home town, he tries to get a job as a football coach, but does not get it. He comes up with the idea of becoming the football coach at the youth-prison St Charles after a visit there. Coach Brandon tries to become accepted by the young delinquents at the prison, while coaching them to succeed on the football field.

Cast

  • Robert Conrad as Jim Brandon
  • Erin Gray as Paula DeFalco
  • Red West as Superintendent Turner
  • Daphne Reid as Merissa Lane
  • David Raynr as Munroe Sweetlife Johnson
  • Ricky Paull Goldin as Andy DeFalco
  • Alex Paez as Hector Estrada

    • References

    Coach of the Year (film) Wikipedia
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    Coach of the Year (film) IMDb Coach of the Year (film) themoviedb.org


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