Coach of the Year (1980)

Directed by

Don Medford

Genre

drama film, American football film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 36m

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A former football player becomes a coach even though he uses a wheelchair after an accident. He works with a team of juvenile delinquents and struggles to gain their trust and respect.

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What happens

Coach of the Year is a 1980 American TV film about a paraplegic coach, starring Robert Conrad, Erin Gray, Red West and Daphne Reid. It aired on December 20, 1980, on NBC. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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