Coach of The Year

– An ex-football star, paralyzed from the waist down during Vietnam, accepts the challenge of coaching..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
5.50 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 36 Minutes
Release Year:
1980
Coach of the Year (1980)

An ex-football star, paralyzed from the waist down during Vietnam, accepts the challenge of coaching football in a juvenile reform school.

Producing Country:
USA
Genre:
Release Date:

20 Dec 1980

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
TV-G – For All Ages

This program is suitable for all ages. Programs rated TV-G are generally suited for all audiences, though they may not necessarily contain content of interest to children. The FCC states that "this rating does not signify a program designed specifically for children 10 years of age and older, (and) most parents may let younger children watch this program unattended." The thematic elements portrayed in programs with this rating contain little or no violence, mild language, and no sexual dialogue or situations.

Director:

Don Medford

Writer:

Frank Abatemarco

Main Actors:

Robert Conrad, Erin Gray, Red West, Daphne Reid

Plot:

Jim Brandon, a former player of the Chigago Bears, has been paralysed during the Vietnam-war. When he returns, he tries to get a job as a football-coach, but he doesn't succeed. After a visit to the youth-prison St.Charles he thinks of becoming the football- coach there. He decides to do it, 'cause he likes the challenge. The boys, young delinquents, don't accept him, but he goes all out to be accepted.

Production:

Shane Company

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
5.5/10