Coach is an American television sitcom that aired for nine seasons on ABC from 1989 to 1997. The series stars Craig T. Nelson as Hayden Fox, head coach of the fictional Division I-A college football team, the Minnesota State University Screaming Eagles. The program also starred Jerry Van Dyke as Luther Van Dam and Bill Fagerbakke as Michael "Dauber" Dybinski, assistant coaches under Fox. The role of Hayden's girlfriend Christine Armstrong, a television news anchor, was played by Shelley Fabares. In early seasons, Coach Fox continues to come to grips with the emerging womanhood of his "little... girl," Kelly, now a campus coed played by Clare Carey, who enrolled at Minnesota State mainly because she wanted to be near her father. Kelly dated, and eventually married in the second season, theater mime Stuart Rosebrock , whom Hayden could not stand. Their marriage ended in 1991 after Stuart, returning from filming his own kids TV show Buzzy the Beaver, told Kelly that he'd met another woman. While overtly supporting Kelly with her heartbreak, Coach Fox clandestinely couldn't have been happier to have 'Stu' out of both of their lives.
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