Coach of the Year (1980)

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Release Date: Dec 20, 1980 Wide

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Release Date: Dec 20, 1980 Wide

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Coach of the Year is the pilot film for a potential Robert Conrad TV series. Conrad plays Jim Brandon, formerly a star athlete, now a wheelchair-bound Vietnam vet. The embittered, self-involved Brandon is hired to coach a team of teenagers at a correctional facility. Once he's "reached" these so-called incorrigibles, Brandon begins to see his own life in a different light. The film was co-produced by John Ashley of Filipino horror-flick fame. Originally titled The Coach, then 4 Down Behind Bars,

Unrated, 1 hr. 40 min.

Drama

Directed By: Don Medford

In Theaters: Dec 20, 1980 Wide

On DVD: Mar 1, 2005

Cast

Terry Brown
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Ricky Paull Goldin
Andy DeFalco
Erin Gray
Paula DeFalco
Daphne Maxwell
Manuel Ortiz
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Arnold Palmer
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Ron Parady
Red West
Superintendant Turner
Robert Conrad
Jim Brandon
Dean Hill
McLeash
David Hubbard
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Luis Rivera
One of the Boys from St...
Richard Marks
Guy Massey
John Ashley

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A hilarious (but not intended that way) after school special of a movie.

March 7, 2011

Sarah Prisbylla

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Melodramatic television made rubbish. It means well, but it is poorly constructed, overacted and it just doesn?t ring true. The direction is sloppy and poor, and the film drags on and on. Not once was I convinced by any of it.

May 17, 2010