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Coach is an American sitcom that ran from 1989 to 1997. It starred Craig T. Nelson as a successful but insensitive college football coach in Minnesota. It covered him going from being an inexperienced coach with a poor college team all the way to him ending up in the NFL. His family issues included dealing with his successful anchorwoman girlfriend and coping with his rebellious daughter marrying an effeminate young man he strongly dislikes.

Tropes used in Coach include:

• The Ditz: Dauber.
• Gay Bar Reveal: In one episode, Coach Fox is concerned that Terry, one of his athletes, is less than heterosexual. He ends up in a peaceful bar talking with the student, and everything is fine. A slow dance tune comes on, and two young people go to have a quiet dance on the floor behind Coach Fox. They have a gender in common...
• Hey, It's That Guy!: Jessica Tate is Hayden's new "Boss".
• Hey, It's That Voice!!: Dauber is Patrick, Hayden is Mr. Incredible.
• I Want You to Meet An Old Friend of Mine: Luther (played by Jerry van Dyke) learns that he was adopted and ends up attending a reunion of his birth family. As he enters he complains to Hayden that there's no way he could be related to any of these people. An unnamed character (played by Dick van Dyke) chooses that moment to walk conspicuously across the set.
• I Warned You: Hayden gets to say this over and over after his wife Christine finally makes a mistake and gets arrested after a rowdy bachelorette party by not listening to him.
• Object Ceiling Cling: At one point, Luther is in Hayden's office throwing and sticking pencils up into the ceiling to the point where it's literally covered in them. When Hayden kicks Luther out of his office he slams the door causing all the pencils to fall down.
• Retool: Hayden Fox leaves Minnesota State University to coach a pro team in Orlando in Season 8.
• Stripper Cop Confusion: Christine is at a bachelorette party where a real cop shows up and is mistaken for the male stripper.
• Twin Cities: While most of the cast lives near the fictional Minnesota State University, Christine lives in downtown Minneapolis.
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