Coach | |
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Genre | Sitcom |
Created by | Barry Kemp |
Starring | Craig T. Nelson Shelley Fabares Jerry Van Dyke Bill Fagerbakke Clare Carey Kenneth Kimmins Katherine Helmond |
Theme music composer | John Morris |
Composer | J.A.C. Redford |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 9 |
No. of episodes | 200 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer | Barry Kemp |
Running time | 24 minutes |
Production companies | Bungalow 78 Productions Universal Television |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | February 28, 1989 May 14, 1997 | –
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Coach is an American television sitcom that originally ran for nine seasons on ABC from February 28, 1989, to May 14, 1997, with a total of 200 half-hour episodes. The series, created by Barry Kemp, stars Craig T. Nelson as Hayden Fox, head coach of the fictional NCAA Division I-A Minnesota State University Screaming Eagles football team. For the last two seasons, Coach Fox and the supporting characters coached the Orlando Breakers, a fictional National Football League expansion team. The program also starred Jerry Van Dyke as Luther Van Dam and Bill Fagerbakke as Michael "Dauber" Dybinski, assistant coaches under Fox. The role of Hayden's girlfriend (and later wife) Christine Armstrong, a television news anchor, was played by Shelley Fabares.