Coach
Sunday, November 5th, 2000SEASON 1 – ABC
Created by Barry Kemp
Theme music composed by John Morris.
- 001. Kelly and the Professor – 2/28/1989
- Coach Hayden Fox (Craig T. Nelson) works as the coach of the Minnesota State Screaming Eagles football team, aided by assistant coaches Luther Van Dam (Jerry Van Dyke) and student Michael “Dauber” Dybinski (Bill Faggerbakke). He is in a long-distance relationship with TV sportscaster Christine Armstrong (Shelly Fabares), whom he sees whenever she is in town from the Twin Cities. His daughter Kelly (Clare Carey) has recently decided to attend the school, after moving from Ohio, where she had lived with her mother Beth for the fourteen previous years following her parents’ divorce. As Hayden and Luther try to deal with an overweight player named Fred Webb (Travis McKenna) who is trying to slim down eleven pounds to 290, Kelly mentions to her father that she is going on a date with one of the college professors. Although Kelly demands that he trust her, Hayden can’t help but seek out the professor by having Dauber get Kelly’s schedule to figure out which professor it might be. By eliminating all of the females on the list, Hayden determines in must be English Professor John Sterling (Alan Rosenberg), so Hayden pays him a threatening visit. Sterling is apologetic and fearfully promises not to go forward with the date. The next night when Hayden has Kelly over for dinner, she mentions that the date went well, so Hayden immediately leaves the house and heads to the university to threaten Sterling again. Kelly follows him and reveals that she did not go out with Sterling, and in fact , the professor she dated wasn’t one of hers. Although Kelly still refuses to reveal the actual professor, she and Hayden agree to work on trusting each other more. Karl Wiedergott is a student. NOTE: Although it is never stated, Minnesota State is assumed to be located in Mankato, Minnesota. NOTE: This is the second episode to be filmed after the pilot, and second sequentially as far as storyline, but aired as the first episode. 11/7/20