Coach (1978)★ 4.7/10
- Comedy
- Sport
Directed by: Bud Townsend
Written by: Stephen Bruce Rose, Nancy Larson, Mark Tenser
A town hires an Olympic track star named Randy Rawlings to coach the high school basketball team. Randy is hired sight unseen and the town does not know Randy is a woman. The town immediately tries to force her out as soon as she arrives.
- Original title
- Coach
- Storyline
- An Olympic Gold medalist is hired to coach the boys' basketball team. But when Coach Randy Rawlings arrives, the school's sexist principal discovers that he has hired a woman. Blocked from firing her by discrimination laws, he tries to make sure the team loses so he can fire her for poor performance.
- Rating
- 4.7 / 10 · 702
- Companies
- Marimark Productions, Crown International Pictures, Saguenay Films, Inter-Ocean Film, Aries Cinematográfica Argentina, GeBe Film, Greater Union Organisation (GUO), Anchor Bay Entertainment, Astral Video, BCI Eclipse I, CBS, Deimos Entertainment, HGV Video Productions, Media Home Entertainment, Mill Creek Entertainment, Modern Entertainment, Rhino Home Video, Video Treasures
- Release dates
- US March 17, 1978
- XWG December 22, 1978
- AR January 25, 1979
- SE April 30, 1979
- FR May 9, 1979